Why it works: Fish and lobster work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 326 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓
Fish Croquettes
Ingredients
Directions
Combine the picked fish with canned lobster or salmon if using.
Form the mixture into small croquettes.
Fry the croquettes in hot oil until golden brown.
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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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.
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Fish + lobstertop 17% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together326 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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