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Salmon Croquettes

Salmon croquettes are fried bites made with salmon, eggs, butter, cracker crumbs, and milk.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 9 ingredients
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Salmon Croquettes

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 ↓

Salmon Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. In a bowl, combine the salmon, beaten eggs, melted butter, cracker crumbs, sweet milk, salt, and pepper.

  2. Mold the mixture into cone shapes and roll in additional cracker crumbs.

Fry and serve

  1. Heat lard and butter in a frying pan over medium heat.

  2. Fry the croquettes until golden brown.

  3. Serve on a platter garnished with parsley.

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

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

  2. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 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. Salmon + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,481 recipes

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

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

Eggs
Bind the salmon and crumbs together and help the croquettes hold their shape.
Cracker crumbs
Provide the body of the croquettes and absorb moisture from the mixture.
Salmon
Forms the main filling and gives the croquettes their flavor.
Sweet milk
Adds moisture so the mixture is soft enough to shape.
Butter
Adds richness and flavor, and browns the outside of the croquettes.

The step that matters

Fry the croquettes until golden brown. The mixture is soft and held together only by egg and crumbs, so it can break apart or stay soggy if the pan is too cool or too crowded. Medium heat lets the outside brown and set before the inside is overcooked, and the crumb coating browns for a crisp exterior.

Swap the parsley

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

  1. Parsleythe original
  2. Nutmegfits about as well
  3. Dillfits about as well
  4. Cinnamonfits less well

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