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Mallard duck + Lemon

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 448 recipes, and they share 110 flavor molecules: the top 21% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together448 recipes
Ranktop 21% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Mallard duck Lemon
111mallard duck only 110shared 248lemon only Mallard duck · 221 Lemon · 358
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do mallard duck and lemon go together?

Yes. 448 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 110 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 21% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 110 flavor molecules: 50% of mallard duck's 221. Among the shared key aromas are 2-nonenal (fatty, green) and decanal (soap, orange peel).

What each one brings

mallard duck

The tartness. Sour notes make up 24% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 13% for lemon. It carries 111 molecules lemon doesn't have.

lemon

The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 17% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 2% for mallard duck. It carries 248 molecules mallard duck doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Thyme: the best fit for both, top 11% of pairs with mallard duck, top 1% with lemon.
  • Greylag goose: top 1% of pairs with mallard duck, top 22% with lemon.
  • Rabbit: top 1% of pairs with mallard duck, top 15% with lemon.
  • Parsley: top 16% of pairs with mallard duck, top 1% with lemon.

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

Recipes with mallard duck and lemon

We have no browsable recipe that lists both mallard duck and lemon.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: mallard duck has 111 molecules lemon doesn't, and lemon has 248 that mallard duck 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 110 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 111 only in mallard duck and the 248 only in lemon.

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Mallard duck and lemon questions

Do mallard duck and lemon go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 448 recipes, and they share 110 flavor molecules: the top 21% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do mallard duck and lemon taste good together?

They overlap on 110 flavor molecules: 50% of mallard duck's 221. Among the shared key aromas are 2-nonenal (fatty, green) and decanal (soap, orange peel).

What goes with mallard duck and lemon?

Thyme is the best third ingredient: top 11% of pairs with mallard duck and top 1% with lemon. Greylag goose and rabbit also fit both.

Can I use lemon instead of mallard duck?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: mallard duck has 111 molecules lemon doesn't, and lemon has 248 that mallard duck 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.

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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: Mallard Duck vs Lemon. https://compkitchen.com/compare/mallard-duck-vs-lemon. Accessed 2026-11-05.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_mallard_duck_vs_lemon_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Mallard Duck vs Lemon},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/mallard-duck-vs-lemon},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}

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