Clove + Winter savory
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 690 recipes, and they share 218 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs.
Do clove and winter savory go together?
Yes. 690 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 218 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 1% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything winter savory carries, clove has too: 218 of winter savory's 244 flavor molecules also occur in clove. Among the shared key aromas are methyleugenol (clove, spice) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
What each one brings
clove
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 17% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 10% for winter savory. It carries 93 molecules winter savory doesn't have.
winter savory
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 14% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 11% for clove. It carries 26 molecules clove doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Allspice: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with clove, top 1% with winter savory.
- Thyme: top 2% of pairs with clove, top 1% with winter savory.
- Marjoram: top 2% of pairs with clove, top 1% with winter savory.
- Nutmeg: top 1% of pairs with clove, top 1% with winter savory.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with clove and winter savory
Almost always sauces: 1 of the 1 recipes with a course label are sauces.
Can you swap one for the other?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (70% of clove's and 89% of winter savory's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 218 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 93 only in clove and the 26 only in winter savory.
Clove and winter savory questions
Do clove and winter savory go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 690 recipes, and they share 218 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do clove and winter savory taste good together?
Almost everything winter savory carries, clove has too: 218 of winter savory's 244 flavor molecules also occur in clove. Among the shared key aromas are methyleugenol (clove, spice) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
What goes with clove and winter savory?
Allspice is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with clove and top 1% with winter savory. Thyme and marjoram also fit both.
What can you make with clove and winter savory?
Almost always sauces: 1 of the 1 recipes with a course label are sauces. Common dishes include Dutch Sauce.
Can I use winter savory instead of clove?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (70% of clove's and 89% of winter savory's are shared). 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: Clove vs Winter Savory. https://compkitchen.com/compare/clove-vs-winter-savory. Accessed 2026-11-05.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Clove vs Winter Savory},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/clove-vs-winter-savory},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.