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To Fry Jerusalem Artichokes

Fried Jerusalem artichokes coated in egg and breadcrumbs.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Jerusalem artichoke and bread work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 51 recipes. Both carry ethyl decanoate, which smells grape, waxy. The science ↓

To Fry Jerusalem Artichokes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Boil the Jerusalem artichokes for 8 to 12 minutes until tender.

  2. Lift them out and drain on a sieve; let them cool.

Coat and fry

  1. Dip the cooled artichokes into beaten eggs.

  2. Cover them with fine bread crumbs.

  3. Fry in hot oil until light brown.

  4. Drain and serve quickly.

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. Jerusalem artichoke + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together51 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl decanoate (grape, waxy).

  2. Egg + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  3. Jerusalem artichoke + eggtop 32% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together86 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

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

What each ingredient does

Jerusalem artichokes
Provide the tender, starchy interior that softens during boiling and contrasts with the crisp coating.
Eggs
Act as a binder so the bread crumbs adhere to the artichokes.
Fine bread crumbs
Form a crisp, golden coating that browns when fried.

The step that matters

Fry in hot oil until light brown. Oil that is not hot enough lets the coating soak up grease before it sets, while overheated oil browns the crumbs before the artichokes are heated through. Hot oil sets the crumb coating quickly so it stays crisp.

Swap the jerusalem artichoke

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

  1. Asparagusfits better
  2. Leekfits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Jerusalem artichokethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, bread. 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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