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Salmon Croquettes

Salmon croquettes are fried patties made from salmon, potatoes, eggs, butter, and spices, coated in cracker crumbs.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 9 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. Remove bones, skin, and fat from the salmon.

  2. Mash the salmon with the potatoes, salt, cayenne pepper, butter, and egg yolks until fine.

  3. Form the mixture into croquettes.

Coat and fry

  1. Dip each croquette in the beaten egg whites, then roll in cracker crumbs.

  2. Fry in hot lard until brown.

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. 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 flavour of the croquettes.
Irish potatoes
Add starch and bulk that help the mixture bind and stay moist.
Egg yolks
Bind the mixture and add richness and moisture.
Egg whites
Form a coating that helps the crumbs adhere and crisp during frying.
Cracker crumbs
Form a crisp, browned outer crust when fried.
Butter
Adds fat for richness and a softer texture inside.

The step that matters

Fry in hot lard until brown. If the lard is not hot enough, the croquettes absorb more fat and turn greasy before the crumb crust sets. Enough heat seals the coating quickly so it browns and crisps.

Swap the potato

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

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

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