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Croquettes of Potatoes

A fried potato croquette shaped like apples and pears, coated in breadcrumbs.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Croquettes of Potatoes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. In a basin, combine the mashed potatoes, pepper, salt, parsley, egg, and liquid butter. Beat well.

  2. Dust a board with flour, divide the mixture into small portions, and shape them like apples and pears.

Coat and fry

  1. Coat each shaped croquette in egg and breadcrumbs.

  2. Heat oil in a frying basket and fry the croquettes for 4 minutes until golden.

  3. Drain the croquettes and garnish each with a clove on top and a small stalk of parsley at the other end.

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.

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. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Potato + parsleytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,855 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Parsley + clovetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,768 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

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

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

What each ingredient does

Mashed potatoes
Form the main body of the croquettes and give a soft, fluffy interior.
Egg
Binds the mixture together and helps the breadcrumb coating adhere.
Liquid butter
Adds richness and moisture to the potato mixture.
Breadcrumbs
Form a crisp, golden outer crust when fried.

The step that matters

Fry until golden. Frying in hot oil browns the breadcrumb coating quickly, crisping the outside while the potato inside heats through. Oil that is too cool lets the croquettes absorb grease and fall apart.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, pepper, parsley, egg, butter, flour):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Dillfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, pepper, parsley, egg, butter, flour. 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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