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Salmon Croquettes

Salmon croquettes are fried balls of salmon, mashed potatoes, butter, milk, egg, and seasonings.

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

Why it works: Parsley and pepper 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 the mixture

  1. In a bowl, mix the flaked salmon (remove skin and bones), mashed potatoes, butter, hot milk, well-beaten egg, and seasonings.

  2. Let the mixture rest until firm.

  3. Form the mixture into balls.

Coat and fry

  1. Dip each ball in beaten egg mixed with 2 teaspoons of milk, then coat with breadcrumbs.

  2. Fry the coated balls in hot oil until golden brown.

Serve

  1. Serve on a dish surrounded by heated green peas in seasoned butter.

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. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

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

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

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

  3. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

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

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

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

  5. Potato + milktop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,611 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

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

What each ingredient does

Salmon
Provides the main flaked body and protein that gives the croquettes their structure.
Mashed potatoes
Adds bulk and moisture, and helps the mixture hold together when shaped.
Egg
Binds the mixture and forms a coating that helps breadcrumbs stick.
Breadcrumbs (in the method)
Form a crisp, golden outer crust when fried.
Butter
Adds fat for richness and a softer, more rounded flavour in the mixture.

The step that matters

Fry in hot oil until golden brown. Hot oil sets the egg and breadcrumb coating quickly, so the croquettes crisp on the outside and absorb less oil. Oil that is too cool lets them soak up grease and can make them break apart.

Swap the parsley

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

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

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