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Lobster Croquettes

Lobster croquettes are fried balls of lobster, bread, eggs, and cracker crumbs.

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

Why it works: Bread and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 22,662 recipes. Both carry (e)-2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Lobster Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the croquettes

  1. In a bowl, mix the chopped lobsters, softened bread, 2 eggs, pepper, and salt until well combined.

  2. Crush the crackers finely and set aside.

  3. Form the lobster mixture into round or pear-shaped balls.

Coat and fry

  1. Dip each ball in the beaten egg, then roll in the crushed cracker crumbs.

  2. Heat lard in a skillet over medium heat 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. Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

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

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

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

  3. Lobster + breadtop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together736 recipes

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

  4. Lobster + peppertop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,247 recipes

    Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).

  5. Lobster + eggtop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,484 recipes

    Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).

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

What each ingredient does

Lobsters
Provide the main flavor and the body of the filling.
Bread
Adds moisture and binds the filling so it holds its shape.
Eggs
Bind the mixture and set when cooked, helping the croquettes hold together.
Crackers
Form a crisp, browned crust that protects the soft filling during frying.

The step that matters

Frying the croquettes. Lard must be hot enough to brown the crumb coating quickly; if the oil is too cool, the croquettes absorb fat and can fall apart or turn greasy before the centre is heated through.

“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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