Lettuce + Currant
A cook's pairing more than a chemical one: 28 recipes use both, though they share little aroma. They rank in the top 30% of all ingredient pairs.
Do lettuce and currant go together?
Yes, in practice. 28 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 13 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 30% of every ingredient pair we score.
What they have in common
They overlap on 13 flavor molecules: 30% of currant's 43. Among the shared key aromas are trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy) and nonanal (fat, citrus). So the pairing rests more on how cooks use them than on shared aroma.
What each one brings
lettuce
The tartness. Sour notes make up 21% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 12% for currant. It carries 263 molecules currant doesn't have.
currant
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 25% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 12% for lettuce. It carries 30 molecules lettuce doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Beetroot: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with lettuce, top 30% with currant.
- Watercress: top 1% of pairs with lettuce, top 30% with currant.
- Sorrel: top 1% of pairs with lettuce, top 38% with currant.
- Chervil: top 1% of pairs with lettuce, top 40% with currant.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with lettuce and currant
We have no browsable recipe that lists both lettuce and currant.
Can you swap one for the other?
Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: lettuce has 263 molecules currant doesn't, and currant has 30 that lettuce doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 13 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 263 only in lettuce and the 30 only in currant.
Lettuce and currant questions
Do lettuce and currant go together?
A cook's pairing more than a chemical one: 28 recipes use both, though they share little aroma. They rank in the top 30% of all ingredient pairs.
What do lettuce and currant have in common?
They overlap on 13 flavor molecules: 30% of currant's 43. Among the shared key aromas are trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy) and nonanal (fat, citrus). So the pairing rests more on how cooks use them than on shared aroma.
What goes with lettuce and currant?
Beetroot is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with lettuce and top 30% with currant. Watercress and sorrel also fit both.
Can I use currant instead of lettuce?
Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: lettuce has 263 molecules currant doesn't, and currant has 30 that lettuce doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. 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: Lettuce vs Currant. https://compkitchen.com/compare/lettuce-vs-currant. Accessed 2026-11-04.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_lettuce_vs_currant_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Lettuce vs Currant},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/lettuce-vs-currant},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.