Plum + Broccoli
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 67 recipes, and they share 240 flavor molecules: the top 11% of all ingredient pairs.
Do plum and broccoli go together?
Yes. 67 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 240 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 11% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything broccoli carries, plum has too: 240 of broccoli's 298 flavor molecules also occur in plum. Among the shared key aromas are 2-hexenal (green, leafy) and hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).
What each one brings
plum
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 25% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 10% for broccoli. It carries 141 molecules broccoli doesn't have.
broccoli
The sulfurous side. Sulfurous notes make up 9% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 2% for plum. It carries 58 molecules plum doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Chickpea: the best fit for both, top 8% of pairs with plum, top 1% with broccoli.
- Cauliflower: top 14% of pairs with plum, top 1% with broccoli.
- Lettuce: top 10% of pairs with plum, top 1% with broccoli.
- Pear: top 1% of pairs with plum, top 13% with broccoli.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with plum and broccoli
Mostly mains: 9 of the 13 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Most of broccoli's flavor molecules (240 of 298) are also found in plum, but plum has 141 that broccoli lacks. Broccoli gives you part of plum's character without most of its fruit. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 240 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 141 only in plum and the 58 only in broccoli.
Plum and broccoli questions
Do plum and broccoli go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 67 recipes, and they share 240 flavor molecules: the top 11% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do plum and broccoli taste good together?
Almost everything broccoli carries, plum has too: 240 of broccoli's 298 flavor molecules also occur in plum. Among the shared key aromas are 2-hexenal (green, leafy) and hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).
What goes with plum and broccoli?
Chickpea is the best third ingredient: top 8% of pairs with plum and top 1% with broccoli. Cauliflower and lettuce also fit both.
What can you make with plum and broccoli?
Mostly mains: 9 of the 13 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Roasted Broccoli and Tomato Salad, Mediterranean Antipasti, Mixed Pickle (Spanish), Onion Pickles.
Can I use broccoli instead of plum?
Only partly. Most of broccoli's flavor molecules (240 of 298) are also found in plum, but plum has 141 that broccoli lacks. Broccoli gives you part of plum's character without most of its fruit. 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 Broccoli. https://compkitchen.com/compare/plum-vs-broccoli. Accessed 2026-11-05.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_plum_vs_broccoli_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Plum vs Broccoli},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/plum-vs-broccoli},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.