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Dill + Sage

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 18 recipes, and they share 245 flavor molecules: the top 7% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together18 recipes
Ranktop 7% of pairs
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97dill only 245shared 66sage only Dill · 342 Sage · 311
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do dill and sage go together?

Yes. 18 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 245 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 7% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

More than half of sage's flavor molecules (245 of 311) also occur in dill. Among the shared key aromas are beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

What each one brings

dill

The fresh, green side. Green notes make up 9% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 8% for sage. It carries 97 molecules sage doesn't have.

sage

The floral side. Floral notes make up 15% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 12% for dill. It carries 66 molecules dill doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Marjoram: the best fit for both, top 3% of pairs with dill, top 1% with sage.
  • Thyme: top 2% of pairs with dill, top 1% with sage.
  • Rosemary: top 3% of pairs with dill, top 1% with sage.
  • Fennel: top 1% of pairs with dill, top 3% with sage.

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

Recipes with dill and sage

Almost always mains: 1 of the 1 recipes with a course label are mains.

Baked Lamb Shanks

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Can you swap one for the other?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (72% of dill's and 79% of sage's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 245 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 97 only in dill and the 66 only in sage.

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Dill and sage questions

Do dill and sage go together?

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 18 recipes, and they share 245 flavor molecules: the top 7% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do dill and sage taste good together?

More than half of sage's flavor molecules (245 of 311) also occur in dill. Among the shared key aromas are beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

What goes with dill and sage?

Marjoram is the best third ingredient: top 3% of pairs with dill and top 1% with sage. Thyme and rosemary also fit both.

What can you make with dill and sage?

Almost always mains: 1 of the 1 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Baked Lamb Shanks.

Can I use sage instead of dill?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (72% of dill's and 79% of sage's are shared). 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: Dill vs Sage. https://compkitchen.com/compare/dill-vs-sage. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_dill_vs_sage_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Dill vs Sage},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/dill-vs-sage},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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