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Salmon Croquettes

A dish of salmon and mashed potato croquettes seasoned with curry powder, butter, cream, salt, and cayenne pepper.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Salmon Croquettes

Why it works: Butter and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Salmon Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Remove bones and skin from the salmon and chop it very finely.

  2. In a bowl, mix the chopped salmon, mashed potatoes, curry powder, butter, cream, salt, and cayenne pepper until well combined. If the mixture is too stiff, add a little more cream.

Shape and fry

  1. Shape the mixture into croquettes.

  2. Fry the croquettes quickly in boiling 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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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 + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

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

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

  3. Potato + buttertop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,456 recipes

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

  4. Salmon + creamtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,401 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Salmon + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,481 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Salmon
Provides the main body and flavor of the croquettes.
Mashed potatoes
Binds the mixture and gives it a soft, tender texture.
Butter
Adds richness and moisture to the mixture.
Cream
Adds moisture so the mixture can be shaped without being stiff.
Curry powder
Adds warm, aromatic spice flavor to the salmon.

The step that matters

Frying the croquettes quickly in boiling lard. The oil or fat must be hot enough to brown the outside fast. Frying slowly lets the croquettes absorb more fat and can leave the centre soggy or dry.

Swap the potato

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

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

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, butter, cream, 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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