Salmon Coulibiac
Everyone knows eating salmon is good for you, right? Getting the kids to eat salmon is sometimes not as easy! This recipe is a traditional Russian dish where the salmon is wrapped in puff pastry and baked in the oven. The result is a super moist, flaky salmon with a crunchy, savoury crust. I think it's going to be one of my new favourites!
Main Ingredients
puff pastry - thawed
2 lbs salmon fillet
2 tbsp butter
1 cup chopped onion
2 cups fresh mushroom slices
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp dill weed
1/4 cup chopped fresh chives
2 hard boiled eggs
1 Large egg for egg wash
salt
pepper
Preparation
Step 1: Preheat oven to 425F
Step 2: Melt butter in sauce pan. Sautee onions until soft.
Step 3: Add mushrooms and sauté until cooked.
Step 4: In a sperate bowl mix sour cream, chives, dill and salt and pepper.
Step 5: Roll out puff pastry sheet on floured surface until it is wider and longer than your salmon fillet by about 2 inches.
Step 6: Place puff pastry on greased cookie sheet and lay salmon in the middle.
Step 7: Spoon sour cream mixture over the salmon and spread evenly.
Step 8: Sprinkle onions and mushrooms over top.
Step 9: Finely chop the hard boiled eggs and sprinkle over mushroom and onion.
Step 10: Gently fold the side of the pastry nearest to you up over the salmon.
Step 11: Repeat with the short ends and last the far end folds over towards you. The whole salmon would be covered.
Step 12: Wet the tips of your fingers and dampen the edge of the pastry to seal.
Step 13: In a small bowl whisk egg with 1 tbsp water. Brush the top of the pastry with egg mixture. Sprinkle with paprika and more dill weed.
Step 14: Bake at 425F for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350F and cook an additional 20-30 minutes. Pastry should be golden brown.
