Salmon Pot Pie with Puff Pastry

Salmon Pot Pie with Puff Pastry

Ready in 45 minutes Serves 5
This dish most recently appeared in My Family (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, April 9, 2017.

A hearty and warming autumn dish, full of goodness, but mild in taste.


Ingredients

SALMON POT PIE

  • ½ brown onion, finely diced
  • 2 stalks celery, finely diced
  • 1 carrot, peeled and finely diced
  • 500g diced salmon pieces
  • 300g flaky puff pastry
  • 1 egg, whisked

HERBED SAUCE

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1¾ cups milk
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped dill leaves
  • 1½ teaspoons salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • ½ teaspoon paprika

CRISP ICEBERG

  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon vinegar (e.g. red wine, white wine)
  • ¼ teaspoon runny honey
  • ½ iceberg lettuce

Steps

  1. oven to 200°C. Set aside a medium baking dish (measuring about 28 x 18cm).
  2. Heat a drizzle of oil in a large fry-pan on medium heat. Cook onion, celery and carrot for about 7 minutes, until tender. Set aside. While vegetables are cooking, melt butter in a medium pot on low-medium heat. Add flour and whisk for 1-2 minutes, until flour bubbles and colours slightly.
  3. Slowly add milk, whisking continuously. Cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring often, until sauce is smooth and thick then remove from heat and stir through dill, salt, pepper and paprika. Add herbed sauce to cooked vegetables and fold through salmon.
  4. Pour salmon mixture into baking dish, lay the whole pastry sheet on top. If using ramekins, lay pastry on a flat surface and cut out circles to cover the top of each ramekin.
  5. Crimp the pastry around the edges with your fingers, to connect the pastry to the side of the dish/ramekin. Lightly brush the pastry with egg and use a fork to prick holes in a few places, to allow the steam to escape.
  6. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until pastry is golden. Set aside to rest for a few minutes before serving. In a large bowl mix oil, vinegar and honey together. Roughly tear lettuce leaves into smaller pieces and add to bowl with dressing. Toss to combine and season to taste.
  7. cut pie into 4-5 pieces, or if using ramekin, place a pie onto each plate. Serve crisp iceberg on side.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2715 kj
649 kcal
Protein 26.8g
Carbohydrate 29.4g
Fat 47.3g