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Bean Croquettes

A fried snack made from bean puree mixed with milk, onion, breadcrumbs, egg, and pepper.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Bean Croquettes

Why it works: Milk and bread 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 ↓

Bean Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the mixture

  1. In a bowl, combine bean puree, milk, onion, bread crumbs, and pepper.

  2. Add the egg and mix until well combined.

Shape and fry

  1. Shape the mixture into croquettes.

  2. Heat fat in a deep pan and 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. Milk + breadtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,466 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

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

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

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

  4. Onion + breadtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,676 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Bread + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,964 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

Bean puree
Forms the main body of the croquettes and supplies moisture and bulk.
Egg
Binds the mixture so the croquettes hold their shape when fried.
Bread crumbs
Absorb moisture and give the mixture enough body to be shaped.
Milk
Adds moisture and softness to the mixture.

The step that matters

Shape the mixture into croquettes. If the mixture is too wet, the croquettes can fall apart in hot fat. Bread crumbs and egg help bind the mixture so it holds its shape during frying.

Swap the onion

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

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

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, bread, pepper, egg. 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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