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Cheese Rissoles

Cheese rissole is a fried ball of flour, butter, cheese, eggs, and breadcrumbs.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Cheese Rissoles

Ingredients

Directions

Make the dough

  1. In a bowl, combine flour, salt, and pepper.

  2. Rub the butter into the flour mixture until well combined.

  3. Add the grated cheese.

  4. Beat the eggs and mix in the milk, then pour into the dry ingredients.

  5. Stir until a smooth paste forms, not too stiff.

Shape and coat

  1. Form the mixture into balls.

  2. Brush the balls with beaten egg, then coat with bread crumbs.

Fry and serve

  1. Fry in boiling fat until nicely browned.

  2. Remove from fat and drain on kitchen paper.

  3. Arrange on a hot dish, sprinkle with a little grated cheese, and serve hot.

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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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 + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

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

  3. Cheese + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,130 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Milk + cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,426 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

What each ingredient does

Flour
Forms the structure of the paste that holds the rissoles together.
Butter
Rubbed into the flour to add richness and a tender texture.
Eggs
Bind the mixture and, brushed on the outside, help the crumbs adhere.
Grated cheese
Adds savoury flavour and richness to the dough.
Bread crumbs
Form a crisp outer coating that browns during frying.

The step that matters

Stir to a smooth, not-too-stiff paste. Flour hydrates and develops structure as it is mixed with liquid; a paste that is too stiff stays crumbly and can crack, while overworking can make it tough. Keeping it smooth and moist gives balls that hold their shape in the hot fat.

“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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