SALMON IN PUFF PASTRY WITH DILL SAUCE

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Categories     Fish     Bake

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 14

SALMON
•2 Tbsp Unsalted Butter
•½ cup Leek, white and light green parts minced and rinsed
•6 oz. Fresh Shitake Mushrooms, stemmed and chopped
•2 sheets Frozen Puff Pastry, thawed
•4 6 oz. Salmon Filets, skinned
•Egg Wash: 1 egg beaten with 1 Tbsp water
DILL SAUCE
•2/3 cup Bottled Clam Juice or Chicken Stock
•½ cup Dry White Wine
•1 ¼ cups Whipping Cream or Crème Fraîche*
•3 Tbsp Fresh Dill, minced
•Salt
•White Pepper

Steps:

  • SALMON 1.Melt butter in heavy medium skillet over medium-low heat. Add leek; sauté until beginning to soften, about 4 minutes. Add mushrooms. Cover skillet; cook until mushrooms release their juices, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Uncover skillet. Increase heat to medium-high; sauté until liquid evaporates, about 3 minutes. Transfer to bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Cool completely. 2.Butter large baking sheet. Roll out 1 pastry sheet on floured surface to 12-inch square. Cut into 4 equal squares. Divide mushroom mixture among centers of squares, mounding in oval shape with ends toward 2 corners of pastry. Set salmon atop mushroom mixture. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bring pastry corners up around salmon (pastry will not enclose salmon completely.) Roll out remaining pastry sheet on floured surface to 13-inch square. Cut into 4 equal squares. Lay 1 square atop each salmon fillet, tucking corners under bottom pastry to enclose salmon completely. Pinch edges together to seal, brushing with egg mixture if necessary to adhere. Arrange salmon packages, seam side down, on prepared baking sheet. Cover and chill 30 minutes. (Can be made 8 hours ahead. Keep chilled.) 3.Preheat oven to 400°F. Brush top of pastry with egg mixture. Bake until golden and thermometer inserted into fish registers 145°F, about 30 minutes. DILL SAUCE 1.Combine clam juice and wine in heavy small nonaluminum saucepan. Boil until reduced to 1/3 cup, about 9 minutes. 2.Reduce heat to medium. Whisk in crème fraîche. Boil until reduced to 1 cup, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in dill. Season with salt and pepper.

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