Apricot + Black currant
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 7 recipes, and they share 273 flavor molecules: the top 11% of all ingredient pairs.
Do apricot and black currant go together?
Yes. 7 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 273 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 11% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of black currant's flavor molecules (273 of 351) also occur in apricot. Among the shared key aromas are 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise) and damascenone (apple, rose).
What each one brings
apricot
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 23% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 15% for black currant. It carries 109 molecules black currant doesn't have.
black currant
The floral side. Floral notes make up 15% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 12% for apricot. It carries 78 molecules apricot doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Vanilla: the best fit for both, top 2% of pairs with apricot, top 4% with black currant.
- Red currant: top 9% of pairs with apricot, top 1% with black currant.
- Apple: top 2% of pairs with apricot, top 6% with black currant.
- Raspberry: top 4% of pairs with apricot, top 5% with black currant.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with apricot and black currant
We have no browsable recipe that lists both apricot and black currant.
Can you swap one for the other?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (71% of apricot's and 78% of black currant's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 273 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 109 only in apricot and the 78 only in black currant.
Apricot and black currant questions
Do apricot and black currant go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 7 recipes, and they share 273 flavor molecules: the top 11% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do apricot and black currant taste good together?
More than half of black currant's flavor molecules (273 of 351) also occur in apricot. Among the shared key aromas are 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise) and damascenone (apple, rose).
What goes with apricot and black currant?
Vanilla is the best third ingredient: top 2% of pairs with apricot and top 4% with black currant. Red currant and apple also fit both.
Can I use black currant instead of apricot?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (71% of apricot's and 78% of black currant's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
Compare other ingredients
Ranks compare this pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. Molecule counts are what the studies and databases we aggregate have reported for each ingredient: a measure of coverage, not a full census. How we score pairs
Cite this analysis
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Apricot vs Black Currant. https://compkitchen.com/compare/apricot-vs-black-currant. Accessed 2026-11-05.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_apricot_vs_black_currant_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Apricot vs Black Currant},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/apricot-vs-black-currant},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.