Dill + Broccoli
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 132 recipes, and they share 238 flavor molecules: the top 4% of all ingredient pairs.
Do dill and broccoli go together?
Yes. 132 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 238 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 4% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of broccoli's flavor molecules (238 of 298) also occur in dill. Among the shared key aromas are 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky) and linalool (floral, citrus).
What each one brings
dill
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 14% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 6% for broccoli. It carries 104 molecules broccoli doesn't have.
broccoli
The sulfurous side. Sulfurous notes make up 9% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for dill. It carries 60 molecules dill doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Mustard: the best fit for both, top 2% of pairs with dill, top 1% with broccoli.
- Beetroot: top 1% of pairs with dill, top 1% with broccoli.
- Fennel: top 1% of pairs with dill, top 5% with broccoli.
- Horseradish: top 2% of pairs with dill, top 1% with broccoli.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with dill and broccoli
Mostly mains: 29 of the 41 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Most of broccoli's flavor molecules (238 of 298) are also found in dill, but dill has 104 that broccoli lacks. Broccoli gives you part of dill's character without most of its herbal side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 238 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 104 only in dill and the 60 only in broccoli.
Dill and broccoli questions
Do dill and broccoli go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 132 recipes, and they share 238 flavor molecules: the top 4% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do dill and broccoli taste good together?
More than half of broccoli's flavor molecules (238 of 298) also occur in dill. Among the shared key aromas are 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky) and linalool (floral, citrus).
What goes with dill and broccoli?
Mustard is the best third ingredient: top 2% of pairs with dill and top 1% with broccoli. Beetroot and fennel also fit both.
What can you make with dill and broccoli?
Mostly mains: 29 of the 41 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Broccoli Almondine in Dilled Cream Sauce, Cabbage Salad with Dill, Cabbage Slaw with Dill, Cabbage Slaw with Dill Dressing.
Can I use broccoli instead of dill?
Only partly. Most of broccoli's flavor molecules (238 of 298) are also found in dill, but dill has 104 that broccoli lacks. Broccoli gives you part of dill's character without most of its herbal side. 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: Dill vs Broccoli. https://compkitchen.com/compare/dill-vs-broccoli. Accessed 2026-11-05.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_dill_vs_broccoli_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Dill vs Broccoli},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/dill-vs-broccoli},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.