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Mutton Croquettes

Mutton croquettes are fried meat cakes made with cooked mutton, milk, flour, butter, lemon juice, onion juice, salt, pepper, and parsley.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Mutton Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Mix the cooked mutton, milk, flour, butter, lemon juice, onion juice, salt, pepper, and parsley until well combined.

  2. Shape the mixture into croquettes.

Fry and serve

  1. Fry the croquettes in hot oil until golden brown, about 60 seconds.

  2. Remove and drain on brown paper, then serve on a napkin 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.

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. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

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

  3. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

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

  5. Onion + parsleytop 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

Cooked mutton
Provides the main body and savory flavor of the croquettes.
Milk
Adds moisture and creaminess to the filling.
Flour
Thickens the mixture so it holds its shape when formed.
Butter
Adds fat for richness and a smooth texture.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the rich meat and dairy flavors.

The step that matters

Frying in hot oil until golden brown. Hot oil quickly browns and seals the outside, creating a crisp crust. If the oil is not hot enough, the croquettes absorb grease, turn heavy and oily, and may break apart.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mutton, milk, flour, butter, lemon, pepper, parsley):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Carrotfits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mutton, milk, flour, butter, lemon, pepper, 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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