Salmon Mushroom Coulibiac With Sour Cream Dill Sauce
photo by Marni in Calgary
- Ready In:
- 26hrs
- Ingredients:
- 22
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 2 salmon fillets
- 1 egg yolk
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PASTRY
- 3⁄4 cup cream cheese, softened
- 3⁄4 cup butter, softened
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
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FILLING
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3 cups mushrooms, minced
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 onion, sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1⁄2 cup long-grain rice
- 2 cups fresh spinach, chopped
- 2 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped
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SOUR CREAM DILL SAUCE
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1⁄2 teaspoon lemon rind, grated
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
directions
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SOUR CREAM DILL SAUCE:
- Mix all ingredients together in a bowl and refrigerate until ready to serve.
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PASTRY:
- In large bowl beat together cream cheese, butter, sugar and salt until fluffy.
- Stir in flour just to blend.
- Divide in half; shape into squares. Wrap each half in plastic wrap; refrigerate until firm - about 1 hour.
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FILLING:
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat half of oil over medium heat; fry mushrooms and 1/4 teaspoon each of the salt and pepper until no liquid remains, about 7 minutes.
- Transfer to bowl.
- In a saucepan, heat remaining oil over medium heat. Fry onion, garlic and remaining salt and pepper for 3 minutes.
- Add rice and 1 cup water; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer until rice is tender and the water is absorbed, about 20 minutes.
- Add spinach and dill to rice mixture and fluff with fork. Let cool. (NOTE: It is important to let this mixture cool for as long as possible in order that it does not make the pastry soggy and difficult to work with - I unfortunately know this from experience.).
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PREPARING COULIBIAC:
- Line rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. On lightly floured surface, roll out 1 piece of pastry to 10 inch square and about 1/8 inch thick.
- Place on prepared pan. Spoon half of the rice mixture over pastry, leaving a 2 inch border.
- Top with 1 salmon fillet; spread with mushroom mixture.
- Top with remaining salmon fillet; spoon remaining rice mixture over the top.
- Mix egg yolk with 1 tablespoon of water for egg wash; brush over border of pastry.
- Roll out remaining pastry to 11 inch square; place on filling, smoothing around edge. Fold bottom edge over top edge, pressing to seal. Flute edges.
- Brush egg wash over pastry; cut 4 steam vents on top. Bake in 350°F oven until golden, about 1 hour.
- Let stand for 10 minutes. Using serrated knife, cut diagonally into quarters and then cut each quarter into half or thirds. Serve with Sour Cream Dill Sauce.
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I live in southern Alberta and am a paralegal for a mid-sized firm - I am the tongue-sticker-outer in the picture, the other girl is my best friend and my sister. I love to cook and will only bake occasionally. I would rather cook a five course meal than bake a cake. We eat a lot of ethnic food in our house - especially as the area we live in has few good restaurants - most are chain stores.
I had some severe health problems in the past and ended up losing my large intestine - as a result I try to eat healthy, non-processed foods that don't aggravate my condition. The only foods I really can't eat are shrimp and bean sprouts.
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