Today's recipe is reserved for all fish lovers! We will prepare a real refinement, a delicacy that melts in the mouth and revives the senses: salmon in a puff pastry crust. I reserve this dish for special occasions, such as Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve dinner. Let's see what it's about.
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Identity Card of the Recipe
- 183 KCal Calories per serving
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Ingrediants
For the salmon pie
- 1 kg (1 slice) of fresh salmon
- 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
- 1 roll (250 g) of puff pastry
- Q.b. of pepper
- Q.b. of salt
- 1 piece of ginger
- Steamed food: 500 g of spinach
To brush
- 60 g (1 medium) of eggs
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 pinch of pepper
Materials Needed
- Baking tray
- Baking paper
- Cooking pan
- Pot for steaming
- Chopping board
- Knife
Preparation
- Thoroughly wash the fresh spinach and steam it for 5-6 minutes. Squeeze the spinach, cut them coarsely with a knife and sauté them in a pan with a drizzle of oil, salt, pepper and fresh peeled and grated ginger for 5 minutes. Leave to cool.
- In the meantime, remove the skin from the salmon and cut it in half to obtain two rectangles of equal size. Sear the salmon steaks in a pan, without adding any other seasonings.
- Preheat the oven to 200 ° C.
- Unroll a rectangle of puff pastry and distribute a part of spinach in the center. Place the first salmon steak on it, stuff with other spinach and arrange the other piece of salmon. Cover everything with the leftover spinach and wrap the puff pastry on the filling.
The alternative Ok
As an alternative to spinach, you can use other vegetables, such as zucchini, asparagus or red radicchio.
Those who do not like pasta, can instead cover the salmon with sliced potatoes, previously blanched in water.- Decorate the surface with interwoven puff pastry ribbons.
- Shell an egg, beat it quickly with salt and pepper, then brush the surface of the pastry.
- Place the pie in the oven and bake at 200 ° C for 35-40 minutes.
- Wait 15 minutes before cutting the crusted salmon.
- Serve with a side dish of potatoes in a pan or with simple mashed potatoes.
Alice's comment - PersonalCooker
This is one of those recipes that can be prepared in advance and cooked just before serving: you will make a good impression by serving this chic dish on the table, without making too much effort!Nutritional values and Health Comment on the recipe
Crusted Salmon is a food that can be contextualized in any dish of the meal. It is a fairly caloric product, whose energy comes essentially from fats, followed by proteins and finally from carbohydrates.
There are not many fibers and cholesterol seems low; the ratio of fatty acids favors unsaturated ones over saturated ones. Crusted Salmon is not suitable for all diets. Contains gluten and cannot be used in the diet against celiac disease; on the contrary, since it does not provide lactose, it can be taken by the relative intolerant. It is also not recommended in case of overweight.
The average portion of Crusted Salmon should be between 100 and 150g (185-280g).
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