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Potato Croquettes

Small fried potato croquettes seasoned with parsley, onion juice, and spices.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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Potato Croquettes

Why it works: Parsley and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Potato Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the mixture

  1. In a bowl, combine mashed potatoes, milk, butter, egg yolks, parsley, onion juice, and seasonings.

  2. Shape the mixture into small croquettes.

Coat and fry

  1. Roll each croquette in egg and then in breadcrumbs.

  2. Fry in hot lard until golden brown.

  3. For best results, prepare the croquettes a few hours before frying.

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. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

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

  2. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

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

  4. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

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

  5. Parsley + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,843 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

Mashed potatoes
Provide the bulk and soft body that holds the croquette shape.
Egg yolks
Bind the mixture and add richness that helps it hold together.
Butter
Adds fat for a richer flavor and a tender interior.
Milk
Adds moisture that keeps the potato mixture soft and workable.
Lard
Conducts heat for frying and browns the coating to a golden crust.

The step that matters

Fry in hot lard until golden brown. If the lard is not hot enough, the coating absorbs oil and turns greasy before the crust sets. Hot fat seals the breadcrumb coating quickly, producing a crisp exterior and keeping the inside from becoming oily.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, milk, butter, egg, parsley, pepper):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Carrotfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, milk, butter, egg, parsley, pepper. 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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