Apricot + Fig
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 97 recipes, and they share 276 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs.
Do apricot and fig go together?
Yes. 97 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 276 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 1% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything fig carries, apricot has too: 276 of fig's 342 flavor molecules also occur in apricot. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal) and ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).
What each one brings
apricot
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 23% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 20% for fig. It carries 106 molecules fig doesn't have.
fig
The tartness. Sour notes make up 17% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 14% for apricot. It carries 66 molecules apricot doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Peach: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with apricot, top 3% with fig.
- Pear: top 1% of pairs with apricot, top 2% with fig.
- Plum: top 1% of pairs with apricot, top 4% with fig.
- Vanilla: top 2% of pairs with apricot, top 1% with fig.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with apricot and fig
Almost always desserts: 6 of the 7 recipes with a course label are desserts.
Can you swap one for the other?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (72% of apricot's and 81% of fig's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 276 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 106 only in apricot and the 66 only in fig.
Apricot and fig questions
Do apricot and fig go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 97 recipes, and they share 276 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do apricot and fig taste good together?
Almost everything fig carries, apricot has too: 276 of fig's 342 flavor molecules also occur in apricot. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal) and ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).
What goes with apricot and fig?
Peach is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with apricot and top 3% with fig. Pear and plum also fit both.
What can you make with apricot and fig?
Almost always desserts: 6 of the 7 recipes with a course label are desserts. Common dishes include Asure, Jamaican Rum Cake, Kompot w Spirytusie, Koshaf.
Can I use fig instead of apricot?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (72% of apricot's and 81% of fig'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 Fig. https://compkitchen.com/compare/apricot-vs-fig. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Apricot vs Fig},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/apricot-vs-fig},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.