Pear + Bartlett pear
19 recipes mention both · top 2% of pairs
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Do pear and bartlett pear go together?
A few recipes mention both. 19 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 49 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 2% of a large random sample of ingredient pairs.
Add a third ingredient
- Plum: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with pear, top 3% with bartlett pear.
- Apple: top 1% of pairs with pear, top 4% with bartlett pear.
- Vanilla: top 2% of pairs with pear, top 4% with bartlett pear.
- Peach: top 2% of pairs with pear, top 6% with bartlett pear.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with pear and bartlett pear
Of all the recipes we matched to both, only 6 carry a course label; 3 are preserves.
Some of these have the ingredient list only, without the method. Where we have the original source, the recipe page links to it.
The count of 19 includes every recipe our index matched to both foods, some through an alternative or a related ingredient. This list is shorter because it shows only recipes whose ingredient lines name both. Open a few to see how they are used.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Almost all of bartlett pear's flavor molecules (49 of 55) are also found in pear, but pear has 312 that bartlett pear lacks. Bartlett pear gives you part of pear's character. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
See the scienceshared molecules, aroma labels and where this pair ranks
What they have in common
Almost everything bartlett pear carries, pear has too: 49 of bartlett pear's 55 flavor molecules also occur in pear. Among the shared key aromas are 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit) and ethyl decanoate (grape, waxy). Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.
All 49 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 312 only in pear and the 6 only in bartlett pear.
Pear and bartlett pear questions
Do pear and bartlett pear go together?
19 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 49 flavor molecules, which puts them in the top 2% of random ingredient pairs.
What do pear and bartlett pear have in common?
Almost everything bartlett pear carries, pear has too: 49 of bartlett pear's 55 flavor molecules also occur in pear. Among the shared key aromas are 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit) and ethyl decanoate (grape, waxy). Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.
What goes with pear and bartlett pear?
Plum is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with pear and top 3% with bartlett pear. Apple and vanilla also fit both.
What can you make with pear and bartlett pear?
Of all the recipes we matched to both, only 6 carry a course label; 3 are preserves. Common dishes include Amaretto-Glazed Pear Shortcake, Pear Upside Down Cake, Canned Fruits, Canning Fruit.
Can I use bartlett pear instead of pear?
Only partly. Almost all of bartlett pear's flavor molecules (49 of 55) are also found in pear, but pear has 312 that bartlett pear lacks. Bartlett pear gives you part of pear's character. 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
CompKitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Pear vs Bartlett Pear. https://compkitchen.com/compare/pear-vs-bartlett-pear. Accessed 2026-11-14.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Pear vs Bartlett Pear},
author = {{CompKitchen}},
year = {2026},
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Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719458 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.