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Pear + Plum

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 245 recipes, and they share 282 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together245 recipes
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79pear only 282shared 99plum only Pear · 361 Plum · 381
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do pear and plum go together?

Yes. 245 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 282 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 1% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

More than half of pear's flavor molecules (282 of 361) also occur in plum. Among the shared key aromas are 2,4-decadienal (seaweed) and 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

What each one brings

pear

Much the same character. It carries 79 molecules plum doesn't have.

plum

Much the same character. It carries 99 molecules pear doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Apricot: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with pear, top 1% with plum.
  • Peach: top 1% of pairs with pear, top 1% with plum.
  • Apple: top 1% of pairs with pear, top 2% with plum.
  • Quince: top 1% of pairs with pear, top 2% with plum.

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

Recipes with pear and plum

Mostly desserts: 10 of the 14 recipes with a course label are desserts.

Autumn Fruit CompoteChilean FruitCreamy Argentine Fruit SaladDirections for Canning FruitKompot w SpirytusieKîsêlis

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Can you swap one for the other?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (78% of pear's and 74% of plum's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 282 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 79 only in pear and the 99 only in plum.

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Pear and plum questions

Do pear and plum go together?

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 245 recipes, and they share 282 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do pear and plum taste good together?

More than half of pear's flavor molecules (282 of 361) also occur in plum. Among the shared key aromas are 2,4-decadienal (seaweed) and 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

What goes with pear and plum?

Apricot is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with pear and top 1% with plum. Peach and apple also fit both.

What can you make with pear and plum?

Mostly desserts: 10 of the 14 recipes with a course label are desserts. Common dishes include Autumn Fruit Compote, Chilean Fruit, Creamy Argentine Fruit Salad, Directions for Canning Fruit.

Can I use plum instead of pear?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (78% of pear's and 74% of plum's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

Compare other ingredients

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Two ingredients gives the full side-by-side breakdown; add a third to see a similarity matrix across all of them (up to 6).

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: Pear vs Plum. https://compkitchen.com/compare/pear-vs-plum. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_pear_vs_plum_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Pear vs Plum},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/pear-vs-plum},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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