Quebec Salmon Pie

Shirl (J) 831's Note:

A wonderful Canadian dish. Found this while searching for Canadian recipes.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 (15 ½ ounce) can salmon
• 2 ½-3 cups mashed potatoes
• ½ cup finely chopped onion
• 3 tablespoons butter
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon savory
• 1 pinch pepper
• 1 (9 inch) pie crusts (store bought or home made)

Directions:

1. Grease individual casseroles or a nine-inch deep pie plate.
2. preheat the oven to 400°F.
3. Drain, flake and crush bones from can of salmon.
4. Bones are loaded with calcium and should never be discarded.
5. Combine potatoes and all other ingredients except salmon.
6. Place half the potato mixture in bottom of prepared casseroles or pie plate.
7. Cover with salmon.
8. Top with remaining potato mixture.
9. Prepare sufficient pastry, roll out and cover casserole or pie plate.
10. Cut vents for steam to escape.
11. Bake in 400 F oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until bubbly hot and crust is golden brown.
12. Hint: Serve with chili sauce or chutney.

Reviews

[Dreamer in Ontario]

This pie is tasty and easy to make. I think it would benefit from the addition of a sauce such as bechamel sauce as suggested in some of the other reviews. I also like the idea of mixing the salmon with the mashed potatoes rather than layering it.

[Hobbitt99]

I have made this pie quite a few times now and I'm finally rating it.....Excellent! My son is a big fan of anything with salmon in it and he loved it. Very easy to make and when I was pressed for time and had no leftover mashed potatoes I have even used store-bought prepared mashed potatoes. Delicious. Thank you Shirl.

[Tasty Tidbits]

This is a pie I grew up with. Like the other Quebecoise person that commented in my family too, the salmon was mixed into the potato, not layered. So that is how I made it yesterday. This delicious pie is good on it's own, but just for fun I melted a slice of cheese on top of my husband's slice yesterday and he loved it. Growing up we always preferred to have a dab of catsup with it. Thanks for posting. This really is a delicious recipe and very simple, but then sometimes the simplest things are best!