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Feuilleté de saumon
Salmon in puff pastry
Feuilleté de saumon: French salmon fillet with spinach baked in puff pastry
FrenchFeuilleté de saumon is a French family dinner-party favourite and a classic for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, when a whole salmon fillet is wrapped in puff pastry with a layer of creamy spinach and baked until golden, then sliced at the table. Served with a lemony butter sauce or crème fraîche and a green salad, it looks grand but is simple to make. The common mistake is wet spinach, which turns the pastry soggy underneath; squeeze it bone dry. Chef's tip: rest the pastry parcel for 5 minutes before slicing; the salmon finishes cooking and the slices stay neat.
- Total time
- 60 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 6
Ingredients
- 14 oz baby spinach
- ½ oz butter
- 1 clove garliccrushed
- 3 ½ oz cream cheese
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 2 tbsp dillchopped
- ¾ tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 2 sheets ready-rolled all-butter puff pastry
- 1 eggbeaten
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Method
0/4 doneStep 1: Wilt the 14 oz baby spinach with the ½ oz butter and 1 clove garlic in a large pan, then tip into a sieve, cool and squeeze out every drop of water. Chop and mix with the 3 ½ oz cream cheese, 1 tsp lemon zest, 2 tbsp dill and half the ⅜ tsp salt.
5 minStep 2: Heat the oven to 400°F (375°F fan). Season the 1 ½ lb skinless salmon fillet, thick end with the rest of the ⅜ tsp salt and ½ tsp black pepper.
5 minStep 3: Lay one sheet of 2 sheets ready-rolled all-butter puff pastry on a lined tray, spread half the spinach in the centre, put the salmon on top and cover with the rest of the spinach. Brush the edges with 1 egg, lay the second sheet over and press to seal. Trim and crimp.
10 minStep 4: Brush with egg, score a fish-scale pattern with the back of a knife and bake for 30–35 minutes, until the pastry is deep golden and the salmon is opaque and flakes easily in the centre (about 140°F on a thermometer). Rest 5 minutes and slice.
35 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 520 kcal
- Protein
- 30 g
- Carbs
- 22 g
- Fat
- 35 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does feuilleté de saumon take?
- About 60 minutes in total: 25 minutes to prepare and 35 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 6 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- What can I use instead of butter?
- The same weight of ghee or coconut oil (for frying and most baking).
- What can I use instead of garlic?
- ½ tsp garlic paste or ⅛ tsp garlic powder per clove.
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