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Red wine + Peas

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 72 recipes, and they share 61 flavor molecules: the top 17% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together72 recipes
Ranktop 17% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Red wine Peas
222red wine only 61shared 110peas only Red wine · 283 Peas · 171
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do red wine and peas go together?

Yes. 72 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 61 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 17% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 61 flavor molecules: 36% of peas's 171. Among the shared key aromas are 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet) and hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).

What each one brings

red wine

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 34% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 20% for peas. It carries 222 molecules peas doesn't have.

peas

The fresh, green side. Green notes make up 22% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 6% for red wine. It carries 110 molecules red wine doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Plum: the best fit for both, top 5% of pairs with red wine, top 11% with peas.
  • Tomato: top 8% of pairs with red wine, top 9% with peas.
  • Shallot: top 12% of pairs with red wine, top 5% with peas.
  • Mint: top 17% of pairs with red wine, top 2% with peas.

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

Recipes with red wine and peas

We have no browsable recipe that lists both red wine and peas.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: red wine has 222 molecules peas doesn't, and peas has 110 that red wine doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 61 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 222 only in red wine and the 110 only in peas.

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Red wine and peas questions

Do red wine and peas go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 72 recipes, and they share 61 flavor molecules: the top 17% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do red wine and peas taste good together?

They overlap on 61 flavor molecules: 36% of peas's 171. Among the shared key aromas are 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet) and hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).

What goes with red wine and peas?

Plum is the best third ingredient: top 5% of pairs with red wine and top 11% with peas. Tomato and shallot also fit both.

Can I use peas instead of red wine?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: red wine has 222 molecules peas doesn't, and peas has 110 that red wine doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. 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: Red Wine vs Peas. https://compkitchen.com/compare/red-wine-vs-peas. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_red_wine_vs_peas_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Red Wine vs Peas},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/red-wine-vs-peas},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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