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Egg Patties

Egg patties made with eggs, roll crumbs, milk or cream, parsley, pepper, salt, and spice, formed into patties and cooked.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Egg Patties

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Crack the eggs and separate the yolks from the whites.

  2. Crush the yolks and mince the whites.

  3. Soak the roll crumbs in milk or cream.

Cook

  1. Mix the yolks, whites, soaked crumbs, parsley, pepper, salt, and spice thoroughly.

  2. Form the mixture into patties and cook 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. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

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

  3. Egg + parsleytop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,765 recipes

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

  4. Milk + peppertop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together26,984 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  5. Milk + parsleytop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,011 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Bind the mixture and set when cooked, holding the patties together.
Roll crumbs
Absorb the milk or cream and add body, keeping the patties tender.
Milk or cream
Moistens the crumbs so they blend evenly and keep the patties moist.
Parsley
Adds fresh herbal flavor and a touch of color.

The step that matters

Form the mixture into patties and cook until golden brown. Egg proteins set and firm with heat, so cooking over moderate heat until golden brown sets the patties through without drying or scorching the outside.

Swap the parsley

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

  1. Nutmegfits about as well
  2. Parsleythe original
  3. Cinnamonfits about as well
  4. Dillfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, milk, 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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