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Salmon Croquettes

Salmon croquettes are small patties of salmon, onion, parsley, egg, and milk, coated in cracker dust and fried.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Salmon Croquettes

Why it works: Onion and parsley are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,843 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Salmon Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the mixture

  1. In a bowl, combine the chopped onion, parsley, salmon, and hard boiled egg.

  2. Add the milk and beaten egg, and mix well.

Shape and fry

  1. Form the mixture into small patties and roll them in cracker dust.

  2. Heat oil in a pan and fry the croquettes 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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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. Onion + parsleytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,843 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Salmon + eggtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,485 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Salmon + milktop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,577 recipes

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

  4. Egg + milktop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 recipes

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

  5. Onion + salmontop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,529 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

Beaten egg
Binds the mixture so the croquettes hold their shape.
Hard boiled egg
Adds body and firmness to the filling.
Milk
Moistens the mixture so it stays tender rather than dry.
Cracker dust
Forms a crisp, golden coating when fried.
Salmon
Provides the main protein and flavor of the croquettes.

The step that matters

Fry until golden brown. Frying in enough hot oil browns the cracker-dust coating and sets the egg-bound filling through. Oil that is too cool lets the patties soak up grease and fall apart, while oil that is too hot can scorch the outside before the centre is cooked.

Swap the onion

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

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Asparagusfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against parsley, salmon, 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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