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Plum + Fig

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 32 recipes, and they share 276 flavor molecules: the top 4% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together32 recipes
Ranktop 4% of pairs
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105plum only 276shared 66fig only Plum · 381 Fig · 342
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do plum and fig go together?

Yes. 32 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 276 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 4% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

Almost everything fig carries, plum has too: 276 of fig's 342 flavor molecules also occur in plum. Among the shared key aromas are damascenone (apple, rose) and 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

What each one brings

plum

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 25% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 20% for fig. It carries 105 molecules fig doesn't have.

fig

The tartness. Sour notes make up 17% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 15% for plum. It carries 66 molecules plum doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Apricot: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with plum, top 1% with fig.
  • Pear: top 1% of pairs with plum, top 2% with fig.
  • Peach: top 1% of pairs with plum, top 3% with fig.
  • Vanilla: top 4% of pairs with plum, top 1% with fig.

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

Recipes with plum and fig

Mostly desserts: 1 of the 2 recipes with a course label are desserts.

Kompot w SpirytusieTomato Soy

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Can you swap one for the other?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (72% of plum's and 81% of fig's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 276 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 105 only in plum and the 66 only in fig.

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Plum and fig questions

Do plum and fig go together?

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 32 recipes, and they share 276 flavor molecules: the top 4% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do plum and fig taste good together?

Almost everything fig carries, plum has too: 276 of fig's 342 flavor molecules also occur in plum. Among the shared key aromas are damascenone (apple, rose) and 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

What goes with plum and fig?

Apricot is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with plum and top 1% with fig. Pear and peach also fit both.

What can you make with plum and fig?

Mostly desserts: 1 of the 2 recipes with a course label are desserts. Common dishes include Kompot w Spirytusie, Tomato Soy.

Can I use fig instead of plum?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (72% of plum's and 81% of fig'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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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: Plum vs Fig. https://compkitchen.com/compare/plum-vs-fig. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_plum_vs_fig_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Plum vs Fig},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/plum-vs-fig},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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