Plum + Cranberry
16 recipes mention both · top 4% of pairs
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Do plum and cranberry go together?
A few recipes mention both. 16 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 263 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 4% of a large random sample of ingredient pairs.
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- Pear: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with plum, top 3% with cranberry.
- Apple: top 2% of pairs with plum, top 2% with cranberry.
- Peach: top 1% of pairs with plum, top 3% with cranberry.
- Apricot: top 1% of pairs with plum, top 5% with cranberry.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with plum and cranberry
Of all the recipes we matched to both, only 6 carry a course label; 4 are mains.
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 16 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. Most of cranberry's flavor molecules (263 of 334) are also found in plum, but plum has 118 that cranberry lacks. Cranberry gives you part of plum'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
More than half of cranberry's flavor molecules (263 of 334) also occur in plum. Among the shared key aromas are methyl cinnamate (strawberry) and ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic). Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.
All 263 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 118 only in plum and the 71 only in cranberry.
Plum and cranberry questions
Do plum and cranberry go together?
16 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 263 flavor molecules, which puts them in the top 4% of random ingredient pairs.
What do plum and cranberry have in common?
More than half of cranberry's flavor molecules (263 of 334) also occur in plum. Among the shared key aromas are methyl cinnamate (strawberry) and ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic). Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.
What goes with plum and cranberry?
Pear is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with plum and top 3% with cranberry. Apple and peach also fit both.
What can you make with plum and cranberry?
Of all the recipes we matched to both, only 6 carry a course label; 4 are mains. Common dishes include Pepper-crusted Lamb with Plum Chutney, Plum Cool Down, Cinnamon plums with French toast, Baked Turkey.
Can I use cranberry instead of plum?
Only partly. Most of cranberry's flavor molecules (263 of 334) are also found in plum, but plum has 118 that cranberry lacks. Cranberry gives you part of plum'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: Plum vs Cranberry. https://compkitchen.com/compare/plum-vs-cranberry. Accessed 2026-11-15.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Plum vs Cranberry},
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.