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Salmon Loaf

A baked salmon loaf with eggs, bread crumbs, butter, and a milk‑cornstarch sauce.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Bread and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Salmon Loaf

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the loaf

  1. Drain the salmon and remove all bones and skin.

  2. In a bowl, combine the salmon, eggs, bread crumbs, and melted butter. Mix well.

  3. Steam for 1 hour.

Make the sauce

  1. For the sauce, combine milk, cornstarch, ketchup, and reserved fish juice in a saucepan.

  2. Bring to a boil.

  3. Remove from heat.

  4. Stir in the beaten yolk of 1 egg.

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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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. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

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

  3. Bread + fishtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,668 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Salmon + fishtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,078 recipes

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

  5. Bread + milktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,466 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Bind the loaf and set it firm as they cook.
Bread crumbs
Absorb moisture and give the loaf a softer, more tender body.
Salmon
Forms the main body of the loaf and provides its flavor.
Butter
Adds richness and moisture to the loaf.
Cornstarch
Thickens the sauce as it heats to a boil.

The step that matters

Bring the sauce to a boil. Cornstarch only thickens fully once it reaches a boil, so the sauce can stay thin if it is not heated enough. Removing it from heat promptly prevents scorching and lumps.

“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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