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Salmon Croquettes

Salmon croquettes are fried patties made from salmon, mashed potatoes, egg, and seasonings.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Salmon Croquettes

Why it works: Egg and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 22,662 recipes. Both carry (e)-2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Salmon Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Mix the salmon and mashed potatoes in a bowl.

  2. Beat the egg with salt and paprika.

  3. Combine the salmon mixture with the egg mixture and mold into croquettes.

Coat and fry

  1. Roll the croquettes in egg and then in bread crumbs.

  2. Fry the croquettes in hot oil until golden brown.

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. Egg + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  2. Potato + breadtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together434 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Salmon + breadtop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together941 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Salmon + potatotop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together952 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Salmon
Provides the main flavor and protein base of the croquettes.
Mashed potatoes
Adds moisture and body so the mixture holds together when shaped.
Egg
Binds the mixture and gives the coating a set layer that helps it hold together.
Bread crumbs
Forms a crisp, browned outer crust when fried.

The step that matters

Fry the croquettes in hot oil until golden brown. If the oil is not hot enough, the croquettes absorb excess oil and turn greasy, while the crumb coating may not brown or crisp properly. Frying in properly hot oil sets the crust quickly and keeps the inside moist.

Swap the potato

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

  1. Asparagusfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Cucumberfits better
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, egg, bread. 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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