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Winter savory + Nutmeg

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 406 recipes, and they share 227 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together406 recipes
Ranktop 1% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Winter savory Nutmeg
17winter savory only 227shared 74nutmeg only Winter savory · 244 Nutmeg · 301
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do winter savory and nutmeg go together?

Yes. 406 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 227 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 1% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

Almost everything winter savory carries, nutmeg has too: 227 of winter savory's 244 flavor molecules also occur in nutmeg. Among the shared key aromas are methyleugenol (clove, spice) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

What each one brings

winter savory

Much the same character. It carries 17 molecules nutmeg doesn't have.

nutmeg

The tartness. Sour notes make up 16% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 12% for winter savory. It carries 74 molecules winter savory doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Marjoram: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with winter savory, top 1% with nutmeg.
  • Thyme: top 1% of pairs with winter savory, top 3% with nutmeg.
  • Allspice: top 1% of pairs with winter savory, top 1% with nutmeg.
  • Cinnamon: top 6% of pairs with winter savory, top 1% with nutmeg.

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

Recipes with winter savory and nutmeg

We have no browsable recipe that lists both winter savory and nutmeg.

Can you swap one for the other?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (93% of winter savory's and 75% of nutmeg's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 227 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 17 only in winter savory and the 74 only in nutmeg.

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Winter savory and nutmeg questions

Do winter savory and nutmeg go together?

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 406 recipes, and they share 227 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do winter savory and nutmeg taste good together?

Almost everything winter savory carries, nutmeg has too: 227 of winter savory's 244 flavor molecules also occur in nutmeg. Among the shared key aromas are methyleugenol (clove, spice) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

What goes with winter savory and nutmeg?

Marjoram is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with winter savory and top 1% with nutmeg. Thyme and allspice also fit both.

Can I use nutmeg instead of winter savory?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (93% of winter savory's and 75% of nutmeg'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: Winter Savory vs Nutmeg. https://compkitchen.com/compare/winter-savory-vs-nutmeg. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_winter_savory_vs_nutmeg_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Winter Savory vs Nutmeg},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/winter-savory-vs-nutmeg},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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