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Salmon Croquettes

Small fried cakes made from mashed potatoes, salmon, eggs, butter, and spices.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Salmon Croquettes

Why it works: Potato and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,305 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Salmon Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the mixture

  1. Peel and boil the Irish potatoes until tender, then mash them.

  2. In a bowl, combine the mashed potatoes, salmon (drained and flaked), beaten eggs, butter, red pepper, and salt.

  3. Form the mixture into small cakes.

Cook and serve

  1. Fry the cakes in a skillet over medium heat until golden brown on both sides.

  2. Serve hot or cold.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,305 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Potato + buttertop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,456 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Salmon + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,481 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  4. Salmon + eggtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,485 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Salmon
Provides the main protein and flavor, binding with the potato into a shapeable mixture.
Irish potatoes
Supply starch and bulk that hold the cakes together and keep them moist inside.
Eggs
Bind the mixture so the cakes hold their shape while frying.
Butter
Adds richness and flavor, and helps the cakes brown in the pan.

The step that matters

Frying the cakes. Cooking over medium heat lets the outside brown to golden while the inside heats through. Too high a heat can scorch the surface before the centre is hot, and cakes that are not firm may break apart in the pan.

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, egg, butter, pepper):

  1. Asparagusfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Capsicumfits about as well
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, egg, butter, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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