Marjoram + Winter savory
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 455 recipes, and they share 234 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs.
Do marjoram and winter savory go together?
Yes. 455 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 234 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 1% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything winter savory carries, marjoram has too: 234 of winter savory's 244 flavor molecules also occur in marjoram. Among the shared key aromas are methyleugenol (clove, spice) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
What each one brings
marjoram
The tartness. Sour notes make up 15% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 12% for winter savory. It carries 71 molecules winter savory doesn't have.
winter savory
Much the same character. It carries 10 molecules marjoram doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Thyme: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with marjoram, top 1% with winter savory.
- Sage: top 1% of pairs with marjoram, top 1% with winter savory.
- Summer savory: top 1% of pairs with marjoram, top 1% with winter savory.
- Tarragon: top 1% of pairs with marjoram, 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 marjoram 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 (77% of marjoram's and 96% of winter savory's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 234 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 71 only in marjoram and the 10 only in winter savory.
Marjoram and winter savory questions
Do marjoram and winter savory go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 455 recipes, and they share 234 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do marjoram and winter savory taste good together?
Almost everything winter savory carries, marjoram has too: 234 of winter savory's 244 flavor molecules also occur in marjoram. Among the shared key aromas are methyleugenol (clove, spice) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
What goes with marjoram and winter savory?
Thyme is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with marjoram and top 1% with winter savory. Sage and summer savory also fit both.
What can you make with marjoram 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 marjoram?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (77% of marjoram's and 96% 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: Marjoram vs Winter Savory. https://compkitchen.com/compare/marjoram-vs-winter-savory. Accessed 2026-11-03.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Marjoram vs Winter Savory},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/marjoram-vs-winter-savory},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-03}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.