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Clove + Sherry

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 1,237 recipes, and they share 77 flavor molecules: the top 13% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together1,237 recipes
Ranktop 13% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Clove Sherry
234clove only 77shared 143sherry only Clove · 311 Sherry · 220
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do clove and sherry go together?

Yes. 1,237 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 77 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 13% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 77 flavor molecules: 35% of sherry's 220. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic) and ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

What each one brings

clove

The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 11% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 4% for sherry. It carries 234 molecules sherry doesn't have.

sherry

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 30% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 17% for clove. It carries 143 molecules clove doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Cinnamon: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with clove, top 15% with sherry.
  • Allspice: top 1% of pairs with clove, top 18% with sherry.
  • Nutmeg: top 1% of pairs with clove, top 17% with sherry.
  • Thyme: top 2% of pairs with clove, top 11% with sherry.

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

Recipes with clove and sherry

We have no browsable recipe that lists both clove and sherry.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: clove has 234 molecules sherry doesn't, and sherry has 143 that clove 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 77 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 234 only in clove and the 143 only in sherry.

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Clove and sherry questions

Do clove and sherry go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 1,237 recipes, and they share 77 flavor molecules: the top 13% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do clove and sherry taste good together?

They overlap on 77 flavor molecules: 35% of sherry's 220. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic) and ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

What goes with clove and sherry?

Cinnamon is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with clove and top 15% with sherry. Allspice and nutmeg also fit both.

Can I use sherry instead of clove?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: clove has 234 molecules sherry doesn't, and sherry has 143 that clove 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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Two ingredients gives the full side-by-side breakdown; add a third to see a similarity matrix across all of them (up to 6).

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: Clove vs Sherry. https://compkitchen.com/compare/clove-vs-sherry. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_clove_vs_sherry_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Clove vs Sherry},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/clove-vs-sherry},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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