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Salmon Croquettes

A fried croquette made with flaked salmon, mashed potatoes, butter, eggs, and breadcrumbs.

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

Why it works: Potato and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,305 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Salmon Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. In a bowl, combine the flaked salmon, mashed potatoes, pepper, salt, and butter.

  2. Mold the mixture into croquettes.

  3. Dip each croquette in the beaten eggs, then roll in breadcrumbs.

Fry and serve

  1. Heat lard in a pan until boiling, then fry the croquettes until golden brown.

  2. Remove and place on brown paper to absorb excess grease before serving.

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

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

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

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

  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. Butter + eggtop 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 flavour and protein that forms the body of the croquette.
Potatoes
Binds the mixture and keeps the croquettes moist and tender inside.
Eggs
Bind the coating so the breadcrumbs stick and help the crust set during frying.
Breadcrumbs
Form a crisp outer layer that browns when fried.
Butter
Adds fat and richness to the mixture, softening its texture.

The step that matters

Frying the croquettes in hot lard. The lard must be hot enough to crisp the breadcrumb coating quickly. If the fat is too cool, the croquettes absorb grease, turn soggy, and may fall apart.

Swap the potato

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

  1. Asparagusfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Capsicumfits about as well
  4. Potatothe original

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