Mace + Winter savory
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 719 recipes, and they share 25 flavor molecules: the top 11% of all ingredient pairs.
Do mace and winter savory go together?
Yes. 719 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 25 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 11% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of mace's flavor molecules (25 of 34) also occur in winter savory. Among the shared key aromas are methyleugenol (clove, spice) and alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
What each one brings
mace
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 31% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 14% for winter savory. It carries 9 molecules winter savory doesn't have.
winter savory
The tartness. Sour notes make up 12% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for mace. It carries 219 molecules mace doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Nutmeg: the best fit for both, top 4% of pairs with mace, top 1% with winter savory.
- Marjoram: top 12% of pairs with mace, top 1% with winter savory.
- Thyme: top 14% of pairs with mace, top 1% with winter savory.
- Allspice: top 7% of pairs with mace, 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 mace and winter savory
We have no browsable recipe that lists both mace and winter savory.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Most of mace's flavor molecules (25 of 34) are also found in winter savory, but winter savory has 219 that mace lacks. Mace gives you part of winter savory's character without most of its tartness. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 25 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 9 only in mace and the 219 only in winter savory.
Mace and winter savory questions
Do mace and winter savory go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 719 recipes, and they share 25 flavor molecules: the top 11% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do mace and winter savory taste good together?
More than half of mace's flavor molecules (25 of 34) also occur in winter savory. Among the shared key aromas are methyleugenol (clove, spice) and alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
What goes with mace and winter savory?
Nutmeg is the best third ingredient: top 4% of pairs with mace and top 1% with winter savory. Marjoram and thyme also fit both.
Can I use winter savory instead of mace?
Only partly. Most of mace's flavor molecules (25 of 34) are also found in winter savory, but winter savory has 219 that mace lacks. Mace gives you part of winter savory's character without most of its tartness. 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: Mace vs Winter Savory. https://compkitchen.com/compare/mace-vs-winter-savory. Accessed 2026-11-04.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_mace_vs_winter_savory_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Mace vs Winter Savory},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/mace-vs-winter-savory},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.