Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, ~salmon in pastry~. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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You're going to need a generous amount of puff pastry to make this showstopping salmon centrepiece. Salmon, topped with creamy mixture of mascarpone and minced kale, then wrapped in flaky puff pastry and baked till golden. Delicious Salmon en croute recipe for two! An excellent blend of salmon, pesto, spinach, and puff pastry.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have ~salmon in pastry~ using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make ~Salmon in Pastry~:

1. Take 1 tbsp butter
2. Prepare 1 large shallot or 1 small onion, diced
3. Make ready 4 1/2 oz baby spinach,cooked and drained
4. Take 1/2 cup ricotta or cottage cheese
5. Take 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
6. Prepare pinch of grated nutmeg (optional)
7. Take 1 salt and pepper
8. Prepare 2 sheets ready-rolled puff pastry from a 17.3 oz package
9. Take 10 oz salmon fillet, divided into four equal pieces (or however big you want it)
10. Make ready 1 egg, beaten

Carefully unfold the pastry and roll out on a floured board until it is large enough to wrap around the fillet. Brush edges of pastry around salmon with egg. Pinch pastry together firmly to seal, then lightly press tines of a dinner fork along edges for a decorative effect. Assorted savoury holiday snacks on plate.

Steps to make ~Salmon in Pastry~:

1. Melt the butter and saute the shallot or onion for 8-10 minutes,or until softened.Let cool in pan or transfer to a bowl.
2. Squeeze out the moisture from the cooked spinach.Then chop it and add it to the onion, along with the ricotta/cottage,Parmesan, and nutmeg.Add salt and pepper.Mix all together well.
3. Cut each pastry sheet on half.Then roll each piece about 6 in x 16 in.
4. Place a portion of salmon on the pastry and top with the spinach mixture.Brush a little beaten egg around the salmon and fold the pastry over.Shape into anything you want and use scrap pastry for decoration.
5. Brush with beaten egg and chill for 1 hour.Preheat the oven to 400°F. When taken out, brush with the egg again. Bake on a baking sheet for 25 minutes. When done, let cool for 3-4 minutes.
6. You can double or triple the recipe depending who you are serving too.

Pinch pastry together firmly to seal, then lightly press tines of a dinner fork along edges for a decorative effect. Assorted savoury holiday snacks on plate. Salmon is such a healthy fish and so versatile in the kitchen, the variety of recipes for it are endless. Cut the salmon into four serving pieces. Transfer each packet to a warm serving plate and slice into four or five pieces on a slight.

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