Chard + Clove
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 40 recipes, and they share 209 flavor molecules: the top 8% of all ingredient pairs.
Do chard and clove go together?
Yes. 40 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 209 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 8% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything chard carries, clove has too: 209 of chard's 224 flavor molecules also occur in clove. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
What each one brings
chard
The tartness. Sour notes make up 20% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 12% for clove. It carries 15 molecules clove doesn't have.
clove
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 17% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 10% for chard. It carries 102 molecules chard doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Butternut squash: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with chard, top 6% with clove.
- Lentils: top 1% of pairs with chard, top 8% with clove.
- Kale: top 1% of pairs with chard, top 8% with clove.
- Pasta: top 1% of pairs with chard, top 9% with clove.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with chard and clove
Mostly mains: 3 of the 4 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Almost all of chard's flavor molecules (209 of 224) are also found in clove, but clove has 102 that chard lacks. Chard gives you part of clove's character without most of its fruit. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 209 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 15 only in chard and the 102 only in clove.
Chard and clove questions
Do chard and clove go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 40 recipes, and they share 209 flavor molecules: the top 8% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do chard and clove taste good together?
Almost everything chard carries, clove has too: 209 of chard's 224 flavor molecules also occur in clove. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
What goes with chard and clove?
Butternut squash is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with chard and top 6% with clove. Lentils and kale also fit both.
What can you make with chard and clove?
Mostly mains: 3 of the 4 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include African Vegetable Stew, Hungarian-Style Spinach, Jama Jama, Njamma Jamma.
Can I use clove instead of chard?
Only partly. Almost all of chard's flavor molecules (209 of 224) are also found in clove, but clove has 102 that chard lacks. Chard gives you part of clove'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: Chard vs Clove. https://compkitchen.com/compare/chard-vs-clove. Accessed 2026-11-04.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_chard_vs_clove_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Chard vs Clove},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/chard-vs-clove},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.