Bartlett pear + Apple
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 31 recipes, and they share 48 flavor molecules: the top 10% of all ingredient pairs.
Do bartlett pear and apple go together?
Yes. 31 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 48 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 10% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything bartlett pear carries, apple has too: 48 of bartlett pear's 55 flavor molecules also occur in apple. Among the shared key aromas are beta-damascenone (apple, rose) and 2-methylbutanol (fusel, malty).
What each one brings
bartlett pear
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 54% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 27% for apple. It carries 7 molecules apple doesn't have.
apple
The tartness. Sour notes make up 14% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 8% for bartlett pear. It carries 474 molecules bartlett pear doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Pear: the best fit for both, top 7% of pairs with bartlett pear, top 1% with apple.
- Plum: top 9% of pairs with bartlett pear, top 2% with apple.
- Grape: top 14% of pairs with bartlett pear, top 1% with apple.
- Quince: top 16% of pairs with bartlett pear, top 1% with apple.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with bartlett pear and apple
We have no browsable recipe that lists both bartlett pear and apple.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Almost all of bartlett pear's flavor molecules (48 of 55) are also found in apple, but apple has 474 that bartlett pear lacks. Bartlett pear gives you part of apple's character without most of its tartness. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 48 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 7 only in bartlett pear and the 474 only in apple.
Bartlett pear and apple questions
Do bartlett pear and apple go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 31 recipes, and they share 48 flavor molecules: the top 10% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do bartlett pear and apple taste good together?
Almost everything bartlett pear carries, apple has too: 48 of bartlett pear's 55 flavor molecules also occur in apple. Among the shared key aromas are beta-damascenone (apple, rose) and 2-methylbutanol (fusel, malty).
What goes with bartlett pear and apple?
Pear is the best third ingredient: top 7% of pairs with bartlett pear and top 1% with apple. Plum and grape also fit both.
Can I use apple instead of bartlett pear?
Only partly. Almost all of bartlett pear's flavor molecules (48 of 55) are also found in apple, but apple has 474 that bartlett pear lacks. Bartlett pear gives you part of apple's character without most of its tartness. 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: Bartlett Pear vs Apple. https://compkitchen.com/compare/bartlett-pear-vs-apple. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Bartlett Pear vs Apple},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/bartlett-pear-vs-apple},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
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Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.