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Salmon en Croute #recipe

Salmon en Croute

Serves: 6
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 50 mins

Ingredients
1 Tbs extra virgin olive oil
1 red onion, finely chopped
280g baby spinach
250g cream cheese
2 x 375g sheets frozen puff pastry, thawed
1 egg, beaten
zest of 2 lemons
1/2 cup basil leaves
1 side of salmon, skinned and boned
lemon wedges and salad to serve

Method
Preheat oven to 180C fan forced (200C conventional). Line a large oven tray with baking paper.
Heat oil in a large frying pan on medium high.
Cook onion for 3-4 mins, until softened. Season with salt and white pepper.
Add spinach and cook, stirring for 1-2 mins until wilted.
Transfer to a large bowl and allow to cool slightly. Pour off any excess liquid.
Stir in cream cheese until well combined.
Stir in lemon zest and refrigerate until needed.
Trim any excess belly from salmon, then halve widthways into 2 equal sized pieces.
Spread cream cheese mixture on one piece of salmon on topside.
Top with other piece of salmon and sandwich together.
Lay 1 sheet of puff pastry on a clean board.
Carefully transfer salmon to the centre of the pastry.
Brush edges with some egg wash, then top with the other pastry sheet.
Press edges to seal, then trim excess pastry around the parcel with a pastry cutter.
Brush top with remaining egg wash, then use a teaspoon to imprint top with a scale pattern.
Sprinkle top with some sea salt then bake for 40 mins, until golden and puffed.
Allow to rest for 5 mins, then slice and serve with lemon wedges and a side salad.

24 Replies to “Salmon en Croute #recipe”

  2. Think you can do this with tuna steaks? Not sure if there is a difference but I was thinking of making little hand pies with tuna steaks

  8. Salmon encroute is definitely one of my favs~ it's great for single portions aswell.

  9. I think my dad would like this for his birthday. Thanks for the idea Chef

  10. Andy’s been practicin his pastries like he said and now you’re just showin off!!!😂 looks incredible!!

  12. Looks delicious, I'd love to try it! If only salmon wasn't such a luxurious and expensive ingredient around here 🙂

  17. My mom used to by this frozen when i was a kid, it's one of my favorite dish. Can't seem to find it at the grocery store nowadays unfortunately so I guess I'll have to try this soon!

  22. Stop eating salmon, farming it is causing catastrophic fish deaths and environmental damage in Tasmanias waters.

  24. Reminds me of russian кулебяка. I think I like it more, just the layers of rice, egg, mushrooms and salmoon, oh what a combo

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