Beans + Summer savory
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 39 recipes, and they share 203 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs.
Do beans and summer savory go together?
Yes. 39 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 203 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 1% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything summer savory carries, beans has too: 203 of summer savory's 231 flavor molecules also occur in beans. Among the shared key aromas are linalool (floral, citrus) and coumarin (sweet, hay).
What each one brings
beans
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 12% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 9% for summer savory. It carries 108 molecules summer savory doesn't have.
summer savory
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 12% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 6% for beans. It carries 28 molecules beans doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Thyme: the best fit for both, top 8% of pairs with beans, top 1% with summer savory.
- Sage: top 6% of pairs with beans, top 1% with summer savory.
- Marjoram: top 9% of pairs with beans, top 1% with summer savory.
- Lentils: top 1% of pairs with beans, top 3% with summer savory.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with beans and summer savory
Mostly mains: 2 of the 3 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Almost all of summer savory's flavor molecules (203 of 231) are also found in beans, but beans has 108 that summer savory lacks. Summer savory gives you part of beans's character without most of its fruit. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 203 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 108 only in beans and the 28 only in summer savory.
Beans and summer savory questions
Do beans and summer savory go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 39 recipes, and they share 203 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do beans and summer savory taste good together?
Almost everything summer savory carries, beans has too: 203 of summer savory's 231 flavor molecules also occur in beans. Among the shared key aromas are linalool (floral, citrus) and coumarin (sweet, hay).
What goes with beans and summer savory?
Thyme is the best third ingredient: top 8% of pairs with beans and top 1% with summer savory. Sage and marjoram also fit both.
What can you make with beans and summer savory?
Mostly mains: 2 of the 3 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Turtle Soup from Beans, Black Bean Soup.
Can I use summer savory instead of beans?
Only partly. Almost all of summer savory's flavor molecules (203 of 231) are also found in beans, but beans has 108 that summer savory lacks. Summer savory gives you part of beans'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: Beans vs Summer Savory. https://compkitchen.com/compare/beans-vs-summer-savory. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Beans vs Summer Savory},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/beans-vs-summer-savory},
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.