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Lime + Sherry

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 82 recipes, and they share 78 flavor molecules: the top 23% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together82 recipes
Ranktop 23% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Lime Sherry
221lime only 78shared 142sherry only Lime · 299 Sherry · 220
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do lime and sherry go together?

Yes. 82 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 78 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 23% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 78 flavor molecules: 35% of sherry's 220. Among the shared key aromas are trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy) and linalool (floral, citrus).

What each one brings

lime

The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 15% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 4% for sherry. It carries 221 molecules sherry doesn't have.

sherry

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 30% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 10% for lime. It carries 142 molecules lime doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Coriander: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with lime, top 19% with sherry.
  • Thyme: top 1% of pairs with lime, top 11% with sherry.
  • Pineapple: top 5% of pairs with lime, top 7% with sherry.
  • Lemon grass: top 1% of pairs with lime, top 33% with sherry.

Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.

Recipes with lime and sherry

We have no browsable recipe that lists both lime and sherry.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: lime has 221 molecules sherry doesn't, and sherry has 142 that lime 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 78 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 221 only in lime and the 142 only in sherry.

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Lime and sherry questions

Do lime and sherry go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 82 recipes, and they share 78 flavor molecules: the top 23% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do lime and sherry taste good together?

They overlap on 78 flavor molecules: 35% of sherry's 220. Among the shared key aromas are trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy) and linalool (floral, citrus).

What goes with lime and sherry?

Coriander is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with lime and top 19% with sherry. Thyme and pineapple also fit both.

Can I use sherry instead of lime?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: lime has 221 molecules sherry doesn't, and sherry has 142 that lime 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

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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
Plain text
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Lime vs Sherry. https://compkitchen.com/compare/lime-vs-sherry. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_lime_vs_sherry_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Lime vs Sherry},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/lime-vs-sherry},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.