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Hominy Croquettes

Hominy croquettes are small, fried balls made from soaked hominy, milk, egg yolk, and seasonings, served with tomato sauce.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and onion 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 ↓

Hominy Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the hominy

  1. Rinse the hominy and soak it in cold water overnight.

  2. Drain well, pour the milk over it, and cook in a double boiler for 1 hour.

Shape the croquettes

  1. Remove from heat, add the beaten egg yolk and all other ingredients, and mix well.

  2. Turn out to cool, then form into cork-shaped croquettes.

  3. Coat with egg and bread crumbs, then fry in deep, hot fat.

Serve

  1. Drain and serve with Tomato Sauce.

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.

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. Parsley + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,843 recipes

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

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

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

  3. Parsley + white peppertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  4. Onion + cheesetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,849 recipes

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

  5. Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Hominy
Forms the bulk of the croquette and absorbs the milk to become a thick, cohesive mass.
Milk
Cooks into the hominy, adding moisture and softness to the interior.
Egg yolk
Binds the mixture as it cooks, helping it hold its shape when formed.
Grated cheese
Adds savory flavor and some richness to the croquette filling.

The step that matters

Coat with egg and bread crumbs, then fry in deep, hot fat. Hot fat sets the crumb coating quickly and browns it, sealing the filling inside. If the fat is not hot enough, the croquettes absorb oil and turn greasy and may break open.

Swap the white pepper

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

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Dillfits better
  3. Garlicfits better
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against parsley, milk, onion, egg, cheese. 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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