Peach + Bartlett pear
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 6 recipes, and they share 38 flavor molecules: the top 15% of all ingredient pairs.
Do peach and bartlett pear go together?
Yes. 6 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 38 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 15% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of bartlett pear's flavor molecules (38 of 55) also occur in peach. Among the shared key aromas are beta-damascenone (apple, rose) and 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).
What each one brings
peach
The tartness. Sour notes make up 15% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 8% for bartlett pear. It carries 333 molecules bartlett pear doesn't have.
bartlett pear
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 54% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 20% for peach. It carries 17 molecules peach doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Pear: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with peach, top 7% with bartlett pear.
- Plum: top 1% of pairs with peach, top 9% with bartlett pear.
- Vanilla: top 1% of pairs with peach, top 11% with bartlett pear.
- Apple: top 3% of pairs with peach, top 10% with bartlett pear.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with peach and bartlett pear
Almost always mains: 1 of the 1 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: peach has 333 molecules bartlett pear doesn't, and bartlett pear has 17 that peach 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 38 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 333 only in peach and the 17 only in bartlett pear.
Peach and bartlett pear questions
Do peach and bartlett pear go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 6 recipes, and they share 38 flavor molecules: the top 15% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do peach and bartlett pear taste good together?
More than half of bartlett pear's flavor molecules (38 of 55) also occur in peach. Among the shared key aromas are beta-damascenone (apple, rose) and 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).
What goes with peach and bartlett pear?
Pear is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with peach and top 7% with bartlett pear. Plum and vanilla also fit both.
What can you make with peach and bartlett pear?
Almost always mains: 1 of the 1 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Directions for Canning Fruit.
Can I use bartlett pear instead of peach?
Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: peach has 333 molecules bartlett pear doesn't, and bartlett pear has 17 that peach 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: Peach vs Bartlett Pear. https://compkitchen.com/compare/peach-vs-bartlett-pear. Accessed 2026-11-03.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Peach vs Bartlett Pear},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/peach-vs-bartlett-pear},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-03}
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Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.