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Salmon Croquettes

A fried snack of minced salmon mixed with crumbs and spices, shaped into cones and served with tartare sauce.

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

Why it works: Pepper and parsley 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 ↓

Salmon Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the mixture

  1. Open the can of salmon and mince the fish finely.

  2. Add salt, cayenne pepper, parsley, and cracker crumbs; mix well.

  3. Moisten the mixture with the beaten egg and combine thoroughly.

Shape and coat

  1. Shape the mixture into cones.

  2. Dip each cone in beaten egg seasoned with salt and pepper.

  3. Roll the cones in bread crumbs.

Fry and serve

  1. Fry in deep hot oil until golden brown.

  2. Drain briefly and arrange on a hot dish.

  3. Serve with tartare sauce.

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. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

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

  2. Onion + parsleytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,843 recipes

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

  3. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Salmon + oniontop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,529 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Salmon
Forms the main body of the croquettes and provides their savory flavor.
Egg
Binds the mixture together and helps hold the cones in shape.
Cracker crumbs
Absorb moisture and help the mixture hold together while frying.

The step that matters

Frying in deep hot oil. If the oil is not hot enough, the coating absorbs oil and turns greasy before it browns. If it is too hot, the outside darkens before the inside is heated through. Steady heat gives a crisp, golden shell.

Swap the onion

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

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

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, pepper, egg, parsley. 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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