Pear + Potato
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 72 recipes, and they share 259 flavor molecules: the top 15% of all ingredient pairs.
Do pear and potato go together?
Yes. 72 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 259 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 15% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of pear's flavor molecules (259 of 361) also occur in potato. Among the shared key aromas are (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green) and 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
What each one brings
pear
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 25% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 13% for potato. It carries 102 molecules potato doesn't have.
potato
The roast. Roasted notes make up 11% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 5% for pear. It carries 200 molecules pear doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Plum: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with pear, top 12% with potato.
- Apple: top 1% of pairs with pear, top 14% with potato.
- Peach: top 1% of pairs with pear, top 14% with potato.
- Watercress: top 9% of pairs with pear, top 4% with potato.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with pear and potato
Mostly mains: 2 of the 4 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Most of pear's flavor molecules (259 of 361) are also found in potato, but potato has 200 that pear lacks. Pear gives you part of potato's character without most of its roast. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 259 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 102 only in pear and the 200 only in potato.
Pear and potato questions
Do pear and potato go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 72 recipes, and they share 259 flavor molecules: the top 15% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do pear and potato taste good together?
More than half of pear's flavor molecules (259 of 361) also occur in potato. Among the shared key aromas are (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green) and 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
What goes with pear and potato?
Plum is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with pear and top 12% with potato. Apple and peach also fit both.
What can you make with pear and potato?
Mostly mains: 2 of the 4 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Carbonada Criolla I, Kîsêlis, Meat Patties for the Month, Telegram Conservation Cook Book.
Can I use potato instead of pear?
Only partly. Most of pear's flavor molecules (259 of 361) are also found in potato, but potato has 200 that pear lacks. Pear gives you part of potato's character without most of its roast. 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: Pear vs Potato. https://compkitchen.com/compare/pear-vs-potato. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Pear vs Potato},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/pear-vs-potato},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.