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Salmon Croquettes

A fried patty made from chopped salmon, onion, egg, pepper, salt, and cracker crumbs.

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

Why it works: Onion and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 68,474 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Salmon Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. In a bowl, combine the chopped salmon, onion, egg, pepper, salt, and cracker crumbs. Mix well until fully combined.

  2. Shape the mixture into croquettes.

  3. Dip each croquette in additional cracker crumbs.

Fry and serve

  1. Fry in hot butter until golden brown.

  2. Serve with green peas.

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

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

  2. Onion + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together42,912 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Salmon + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,481 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 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
Provides the main body and flavor of the croquettes.
Egg
Binds the mixture so the croquettes hold their shape while frying.
Cracker crumbs
Absorb moisture and help the mixture hold together, while the outer coating browns.
Onion
Adds moisture and savory aroma to the mixture.

The step that matters

Fry in hot butter until golden brown. The butter must be hot enough to brown the crumb coating quickly. If the pan is too cool, the croquettes absorb excess fat and turn greasy, and the egg-bound centre may break apart before the outside sets.

Swap the onion

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

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

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