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Mace + Sherry

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 1,046 recipes, and they share 7 flavor molecules: the top 16% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together1,046 recipes
Ranktop 16% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Mace Sherry
27mace only 7shared 213sherry only Mace · 34 Sherry · 220
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do mace and sherry go together?

Yes. 1,046 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 7 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 16% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 7 flavor molecules: 21% of mace's 34. Among the shared key aromas are linalool (floral, citrus) and alpha-terpineol (lilac, floral). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell.

What each one brings

mace

The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 31% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 4% for sherry. It carries 27 molecules sherry doesn't have.

sherry

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 30% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 12% for mace. It carries 213 molecules mace doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Nutmeg: the best fit for both, top 4% of pairs with mace, top 17% with sherry.
  • Clove: top 6% of pairs with mace, top 13% with sherry.
  • Apple: top 15% of pairs with mace, top 8% with sherry.
  • Mushroom: top 21% of pairs with mace, top 5% with sherry.

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

Recipes with mace and sherry

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

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: mace has 27 molecules sherry doesn't, and sherry has 213 that mace 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 7 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 27 only in mace and the 213 only in sherry.

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Mace and sherry questions

Do mace and sherry go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 1,046 recipes, and they share 7 flavor molecules: the top 16% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do mace and sherry taste good together?

They overlap on 7 flavor molecules: 21% of mace's 34. Among the shared key aromas are linalool (floral, citrus) and alpha-terpineol (lilac, floral). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell.

What goes with mace and sherry?

Nutmeg is the best third ingredient: top 4% of pairs with mace and top 17% with sherry. Clove and apple also fit both.

Can I use sherry instead of mace?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: mace has 27 molecules sherry doesn't, and sherry has 213 that mace 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: Mace vs Sherry. https://compkitchen.com/compare/mace-vs-sherry. Accessed 2026-11-03.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_mace_vs_sherry_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Mace vs Sherry},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/mace-vs-sherry},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-03}
}

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