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Liver Croquettes

A fried croquette made from liver, potato or rice, egg, cracker crumbs, and seasonings.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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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 ↓

Liver Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the liver

  1. Boil the liver in enough water to cover it.

  2. Once cooled, mash the liver finely with a large spoon.

Make the mixture

  1. Mix in the boiled potato or cold rice.

  2. Add the egg, cracker crumbs, salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper.

  3. Incorporate a little of the stock.

  4. Form the mixture into croquettes.

Coat and fry

  1. Roll each croquette in egg, then in cracker crumbs.

  2. Fry in hot lard until golden 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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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. Liver + peppertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,375 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Liver + potatotop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together108 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Liver + eggtop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,177 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Potato + eggtop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,978 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Liver
Forms the main body and rich flavor of the croquettes.
Boiled potato or cold rice
Adds starch and bulk that help the mixture hold together and stay moist.
Egg
Binds the mixture and forms a set coating for browning.
Cracker crumbs
Absorb moisture and add a crisp, browned outer layer.
Stock
Adds moisture so the mixture is easier to shape and stays tender.

The step that matters

Mashing the liver finely. Fine mashing gives an even, smooth texture; coarse pieces make the croquettes crumble when shaped and fried. Binding with egg and starch helps them hold their shape in hot fat.

Swap the potato

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

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Asparagusfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against liver, 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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