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Salmon Timbales

Baked salmon timbales made with cream, butter, bread crumbs, and cocoa powder.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Salmon Timbales

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point. The book gives no cooking times either; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.

Make the mixture

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).

  2. In a bowl, mix the flaked salmon, cream, butter, bread crumbs, and cocoa powder until well combined.

  3. Spoon the mixture into greased timbale molds.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes until set.

  2. Let cool slightly before unmolding and serving.

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.

  1. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Cream + cocoa powdertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together826 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Salmon + creamtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,401 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Butter + cocoa powdertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,130 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

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 timbale and gives it its savory flavor.
Cream
Adds moisture and a softer, more tender texture to the mixture.
Butter
Adds fat for richness and moisture, keeping the timbale from drying out.
Bread crumbs
Absorb liquid and help hold the mixture together as it sets.
Cocoa powder
Adds deep color and an earthy, slightly bitter flavor.

The step that matters

Bake until just set. The mixture firms as it bakes and cools, and overbaking tightens the proteins and drives out moisture, leaving the timbale dry and crumbly.

“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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