Celery + Mace
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 2,769 recipes, and they share 26 flavor molecules: the top 17% of all ingredient pairs.
Do celery and mace go together?
Yes. 2,769 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 26 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 17% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of mace's flavor molecules (26 of 34) also occur in celery. Among the shared key aromas are myristicin (spice, warm) and alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
What each one brings
celery
The tartness. Sour notes make up 16% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for mace. It carries 366 molecules mace doesn't have.
mace
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 31% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 16% for celery. It carries 8 molecules celery doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Nutmeg: the best fit for both, top 7% of pairs with celery, top 4% with mace.
- Carrot: top 1% of pairs with celery, top 15% with mace.
- Clove: top 6% of pairs with celery, top 6% with mace.
- Winter savory: top 3% of pairs with celery, top 11% with mace.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with celery and mace
Mostly mains: 91 of the 116 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Most of mace's flavor molecules (26 of 34) are also found in celery, but celery has 366 that mace lacks. Mace gives you part of celery's character without most of its tartness. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 26 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 366 only in celery and the 8 only in mace.
Celery and mace questions
Do celery and mace go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 2,769 recipes, and they share 26 flavor molecules: the top 17% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do celery and mace taste good together?
More than half of mace's flavor molecules (26 of 34) also occur in celery. Among the shared key aromas are myristicin (spice, warm) and alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
What goes with celery and mace?
Nutmeg is the best third ingredient: top 7% of pairs with celery and top 4% with mace. Carrot and clove also fit both.
What can you make with celery and mace?
Mostly mains: 91 of the 116 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Celery Sauce, Another Celery Sauce, Celery Cream Soup, Celery Pickle.
Can I use mace instead of celery?
Only partly. Most of mace's flavor molecules (26 of 34) are also found in celery, but celery has 366 that mace lacks. Mace gives you part of celery's character without most of its tartness. 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: Celery vs Mace. https://compkitchen.com/compare/celery-vs-mace. Accessed 2026-11-04.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_celery_vs_mace_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Celery vs Mace},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/celery-vs-mace},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.