Plum + Apricot
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 284 recipes, and they share 295 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs.
Do plum and apricot go together?
Yes. 284 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 295 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 1% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of plum's flavor molecules (295 of 381) also occur in apricot. Among the shared key aromas are damascenone (apple, rose) and 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).
What each one brings
plum
The woody side. Woody notes make up 4% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 2% for apricot. It carries 86 molecules apricot doesn't have.
apricot
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 10% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 5% for plum. It carries 87 molecules plum doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Peach: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with plum, top 1% with apricot.
- Pear: top 1% of pairs with plum, top 1% with apricot.
- Apple: top 2% of pairs with plum, top 2% with apricot.
- Fig: top 4% of pairs with plum, top 1% with apricot.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with plum and apricot
Mostly desserts: 7 of the 12 recipes with a course label are desserts.
Can you swap one for the other?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (77% of plum's and 77% of apricot's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 295 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 86 only in plum and the 87 only in apricot.
Plum and apricot questions
Do plum and apricot go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 284 recipes, and they share 295 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do plum and apricot taste good together?
More than half of plum's flavor molecules (295 of 381) also occur in apricot. Among the shared key aromas are damascenone (apple, rose) and 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).
What goes with plum and apricot?
Peach is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with plum and top 1% with apricot. Pear and apple also fit both.
What can you make with plum and apricot?
Mostly desserts: 7 of the 12 recipes with a course label are desserts. Common dishes include Apricot and Plum Dumplings, Apricot-Plum Smoothie (Shadowhunters), Plum or Apricot Dumplings, Bacon-Apricot Appetizers.
Can I use apricot instead of plum?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (77% of plum's and 77% of apricot's are shared). 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: Plum vs Apricot. https://compkitchen.com/compare/plum-vs-apricot. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Plum vs Apricot},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/plum-vs-apricot},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
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Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.