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Salmon Croquettes

Salmon croquettes are small patties of salmon, mashed potatoes, egg, milk, and parsley, coated in cracker crumbs and fried.

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

Salmon Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. In a bowl, mix the salmon, mashed potatoes, egg, milk, and parsley until well combined.

  2. Shape the mixture into small patties.

  3. Coat each patty in cracker crumbs.

Fry

  1. Heat oil in a pan over medium heat and fry the patties until golden brown on both 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. Potato + parsleytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,855 recipes

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

  2. Potato + milktop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,611 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Salmon + milktop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,577 recipes

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

  5. Egg + milktop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (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.
Mashed potatoes
Binds the mixture and adds moisture so the patties hold their shape.
Egg
Binds the mixture together so it holds its shape when fried.
Cracker crumbs
Forms a crisp coating that browns in the hot oil.

The step that matters

Frying the patties. Frying over medium heat lets the coating brown to golden without burning before the mixture heats through, and the patties need to be firm enough to turn without breaking.

Swap the parsley

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

  1. Dillfits better
  2. Nutmegfits about as well
  3. Capersfits about as well
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, potato, egg, milk. 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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