Name: Lobster Croquettes
Ingredients: lobster mixture (from stuffed lobster recipe); 1 egg; cracker crumbs; lard for frying; parsley for garnish

Why it works: Egg and parsley are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 18,765 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Lobster Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the lobster mixture as for stuffed lobster, omitting the cream.
Form the mixture into pointed balls.
Dip each ball in beaten egg, then roll in cracker crumbs.
Fry the croquettes in very hot lard until golden brown.
Serve dry, garnished with parsley.

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.

Egg + parsleytop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,765 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Lobster + parsleytop 24% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together890 recipes

Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).
Lobster + eggtop 28% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,484 recipes

Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).