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Salmon Croquettes

A fried fish and potato patty coated in cracker dust.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Salmon Croquettes

Why it works: Potato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Salmon Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. In a bowl, combine the minced salmon, mashed potatoes, chopped onion, eggs, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper.

  2. Beat the mixture until very light.

Shape and coat

  1. Form the mixture into balls and roll them in cracker dust.

Fry

  1. Heat lard in a pan until boiling.

  2. Fry the croquettes until golden brown.

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 + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,305 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Salmon + potatotop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together952 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Salmon
Provides the main flavour and protein base of the croquettes.
Irish potatoes
Add body and moisture, helping the mixture bind and stay tender inside.
Eggs
Bind the mixture together and help it set when cooked.
Onion
Adds aroma and savoury flavour to the mixture.
Worcestershire sauce
Adds savoury, tangy depth to the fish mixture.

The step that matters

Beating the mixture until very light. Beating incorporates air and works the binders evenly through the mix, giving a lighter texture. Overworking can make the croquettes dense, while under-mixing leaves the eggs and potato unevenly distributed, so the shaped balls may crumble or set unevenly.

Swap the onion

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

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Asparagusfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Onionthe original

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