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Salmon, Smoked

A baked dish of smoked salmon, potato, breadcrumbs, and eggs, formed into patties and baked until set.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Salmon, Smoked

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a moderate oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare

  1. Remove skin and bones from the fish and chop it coarsely.

Make the mixture

  1. In a bowl, combine the fish, potato, breadcrumbs, and oiled butter.

  2. Season with salt and pepper, then stir in the eggs and enough milk to form a stiff batter.

  3. Grease a baking dish and pour in the fish mixture.

  4. Sprinkle the top with breadcrumbs and add small bits of butter.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake in a moderate oven at 350°F (175°C) for about 1 hour, until set.

  2. Serve hot or reheat 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  4. Fish + salmontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,078 recipes

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

  5. Fish + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,488 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Smoked salmon
Provides the main flavour and flakes that give the cakes their body.
Potato
Adds starch and moisture that help the mixture hold together while baking.
Eggs
Bind the mixture and set when baked, giving the cakes structure.
White breadcrumbs
Absorb moisture and add bulk so the mixture holds its shape.
Butter
Adds richness and fat, contributing flavour and a tender texture.

The step that matters

Stir in the milk gradually to form a stiff batter. Too much liquid keeps the eggs and starch from setting firmly, so the cakes may stay loose and crumble. Adding milk a little at a time lets you reach a stiff, workable consistency.

Swap the potato

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

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

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