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Salmon Croquettes

Salmon croquettes are fried patties of salmon mixed with paprika, lemon, and white sauce, coated in crumbs.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Salmon Croquettes

Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Salmon Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Combine salmon, paprika, lemon juice, and salt in a deep plate and mix thoroughly with the white sauce.

  2. Shape the mixture into croquettes.

Coat and fry

  1. Roll each croquette in cracker crumbs, then in beaten egg mixed with cold water, and again in crumbs.

  2. Fry in hot fat until golden brown.

Serve

  1. Drain on brown paper and garnish with parsley and lemon slices.

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. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

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

  3. Bread + parsleytop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,588 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Salmon + breadtop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together941 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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 croquettes and supplies the savory flavor.
White sauce
Binds the flaked salmon so the mixture holds its shape when shaped.
Beaten egg
Helps the cracker crumb coating adhere and set during frying.
Cracker crumbs
Form a crisp, golden outer crust when fried.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the flavor of the salmon.

The step that matters

Frying in hot fat. If the fat is not hot enough, the croquettes absorb oil and turn greasy before the coating browns. A properly hot fat quickly sets the crumb crust, sealing in moisture and producing an even golden color.

“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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