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Croquettes of Potatoes

A fried dish of mashed potato patties mixed with breadcrumbs, butter, egg, and salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Potato and parsley are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,855 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Croquettes of Potatoes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the mixture

  1. Combine mashed potatoes, breadcrumbs, melted butter, egg, and salt in a bowl.

  2. Mix until well combined and shape into small patties.

Fry and serve

  1. Heat oil in a pan over medium heat.

  2. Fry the patties until nicely browned on both sides.

  3. Drain the fried patties on paper towels and serve on lace paper.

  4. Garnish with parsley, placing a small parsley stem in the thin end of each croquette.

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

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

  2. Potato + buttertop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,456 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Butter + parsleytop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together28,563 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Egg + parsleytop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,765 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Mashed potatoes
Provides the main body and soft, moist interior of the croquettes.
Breadcrumbs
Absorb moisture and give the outside a crisp, golden crust when fried.
Egg
Binds the mixture so the patties hold their shape during frying.
Melted butter
Adds fat for richer flavour and a tender texture inside the croquettes.

The step that matters

Fry the patties until nicely browned on both sides. Shaped patties are fragile and the oil must be hot enough to brown the crust quickly. If the heat is too low, the croquettes absorb oil and may fall apart before the outside sets.

Swap the potato

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

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Leekfits about as well
  4. Potatothe original

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