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Salmon Croquetts

A fried patty made from salmon, mashed potatoes, bread crumbs, and seasonings.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Potato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Salmon Croquetts

Ingredients

Directions

Make the mixture

  1. In a bowl, combine the salmon, mashed potatoes, bread crumbs, egg, grated nutmeg, chopped onion, vinegar, mustard, salt, and pepper. Mix well until all ingredients are combined.

Shape and fry

  1. Shape the mixture into small patties.

  2. Fry the patties in a skillet over medium heat until golden brown on both sides.

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.

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 + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

  2. Nutmeg + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together13,015 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Potato + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,052 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

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

  5. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Salmon
Provides the main body and flavor of the croquettes.
Potatoes
Add moisture and starch that help bind the patties together.
Bread crumbs
Absorb moisture and help the patties hold their shape.
Egg
Binds the mixture so the patties hold together while frying.
Onion
Adds aroma and savory flavor to the patties.

The step that matters

Shape and fry the patties. If the mixture is too wet or loose, the patties may fall apart in the skillet. Medium heat lets the centers cook through while the outside browns evenly instead of burning.

Swap the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, potato, bread, egg, onion, vinegar, pepper):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Dillfits better
  4. Nutmegthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, potato, bread, egg, onion, vinegar, 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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