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Pried Scallops

Pried scallops are scallops coated in breadcrumbs and fried until browned.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Bread and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,466 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Pried Scallops

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Place scallops in a strainer, pour cold water over them, and drain.

  2. Parboil scallops in their own liquor, then dry them between towels.

  3. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt and black pepper.

Bread and fry

  1. Dip scallops in fine bread crumbs, then in the beaten egg mixed with milk, and coat again in bread crumbs.

  2. Fry in hot oil for 2 minutes until well browned, then drain on brown paper.

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. Bread + milktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,466 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  2. Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + breadtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,964 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Scallop + breadtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together64 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  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

Scallops
Main ingredient; parboiling firms the flesh so it holds its shape while frying.
Fine bread crumbs
Form a crisp, golden coating that browns in the hot oil.
Egg
Binds the bread crumb coating so it adheres to the scallops.

The step that matters

Drying the scallops before breading. Surface moisture keeps the crumbs from sticking and turns the oil steamy, so the coating can slip off or fry unevenly. Patting the scallops dry between towels helps the coating stay on and brown properly.

“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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