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Salmon Croquettes

A fried patty of salmon and mashed potatoes coated in crackers.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Salmon Croquettes

Why it works: Salmon and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,485 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Salmon Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. In a bowl, mix the salmon and hot mashed potatoes until well combined.

  2. Form the mixture into pear shapes.

Coat and fry

  1. Dip each croquette into the beaten egg yolks, then coat with pulverized crackers.

  2. Heat oil in a pan until boiling, then carefully drop in the croquettes.

  3. Fry until golden brown on all 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.

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

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

  3. Potato + eggtop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,978 recipes

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

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.
Hot mashed potatoes
Adds moisture and binds the salmon so the mixture holds its shape.
Egg yolks
Bind the coating so the cracker crumbs stick to the croquettes.
Pulverized crackers
Form a crisp, browned outer crust when fried.

The step that matters

Frying the croquettes. The oil must be boiling before the croquettes go in. Hot oil sets the coating quickly and browns it, while cooler oil lets the croquettes soak up grease and fall apart.

Swap the potato

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

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

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, 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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