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Rice and Tomato Croquettes

A fried croquette of rice, tomatoes, vegetables, and cheese.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Hamilton, Ohio. First Methodist Episcopal church. [from old catalog] · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Carrot and clove match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,873 recipes. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓

Rice and Tomato Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the sauce

  1. Cook tomatoes, onion, cloves, carrots, parsley, thyme, peppercorns, salt, and soda together for 30 minutes.

  2. Remove the mixture, season, and rub through a sieve.

Cook the rice

  1. Bring the mixture to a boiling point and add rice.

  2. Steam until the rice is soft.

  3. Remove from the fire, add a slightly beaten egg, grated cheese, and cayenne.

Shape and fry

  1. Cool the mixture, shape into croquettes, dip each in crumbs, then in egg, then in crumbs again, and fry.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

415Calories
16 gProtein
29 gFat
24 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Hamilton, Ohio. First Methodist Episcopal church. [from old catalog]. 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. See the original page.

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. Carrot + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,873 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  2. Tomato + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,606 recipes

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

  3. Carrot + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21,601 recipes

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

  4. Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

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

  5. Tomato + clovetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Rice (in the method)
Absorbs the tomato liquid and sets into a firm, shapeable mass once cooled.
Egg
Binds the mixture and, as a coating, helps the crumbs adhere and brown when fried.
Cheese
Adds savory richness and helps bind the mixture.
Canned tomatoes
Provide the main liquid, acidity and flavor of the base.

The step that matters

Cool the mixture before shaping. A warm, soft rice mixture is too loose to hold its shape. Cooling lets the starch firm up and the egg set slightly, so the croquettes keep their form and do not fall apart in the hot oil.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, cheese, carrot, onion, egg):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Celeryfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, cheese, carrot, onion, egg. 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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