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Fish Croquettes

A fried fish and potato mixture formed into rolls and coated with breadcrumbs.

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

Why it works: Potato and parsley are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,855 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Fish Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Remove bones and skin from the fish and mince it finely.

  2. Combine the minced fish, mashed potato, melted butter, beaten egg, and corn starch in a bowl.

  3. Mix until well combined and form the mixture into rolls.

Coat and cook

  1. Dip each roll in beaten egg and coat with bread crumbs.

  2. Heat a well-buttered griddle or fry in hot oil until golden brown.

  3. Garnish with parsley before serving.

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. Potato + parsleytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,855 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Potato + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together938 recipes

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

  3. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

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

  4. Fish + breadtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,668 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Corn + parsleytop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together943 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

What each ingredient does

Fresh fish
Provides the main body and flavor of the croquettes.
Mashed potato
Adds moisture and softness, helping the mixture bind and stay tender.
Beaten egg
Binds the mixture together and sets during cooking to hold the shape.
Corn starch
Absorbs moisture and helps the mixture hold together when formed into rolls.
Melted butter
Adds richness and helps the croquettes brown in the pan.

The step that matters

Shaping and coating the rolls. The mixture must be well combined and firm enough to hold its shape. A loose mixture can fall apart when coated or fried, so the egg and bread crumb coat should be applied evenly and the rolls handled gently.

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fish, potato, butter, egg, corn, bread):

  1. Parsleythe original
  2. Nutmegfits about as well
  3. Capersfits about as well
  4. Tarragonfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against fish, potato, butter, egg, corn, 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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