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Salmon and spinach wellingtons
Traditional “wellington” is a beef tenderloin surrounded by mushroom duxelles (cooked pureed mushroom filling) and pate, all encased in puff pastry. This version is easier - the time it takes to cook the salmon matches the time it takes for the puff to bake.
YIELDS
4
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon (15 g) butter
- 1½ lb (675 g) fresh whole spinach leaves or 1 lb (450 g) frozen and thawed chopped spinach
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Salt and pepper
- 20 oz (600 g) puff pastry dough or 4 sheets (900 g) store- bought all-butter puff pastry
- 4 (5 oz/150 g) skinless salmon fillets
- Egg wash
Directions
- Prepare the spinach. Melt the butter in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat and add the spinach. Sauté until wilted (if using fresh) and any excess liquid has evaporated. Add the garlic and season to taste with salt and pepper. Let the spinach cool completely, then chill before assembling the wellingtons.
- If you use fresh spinach, choose a large-leaf variety, which has a little more structure and flavour, instead of baby spinach.
- Preheat the oven to 400°f (200°c) and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Assemble the wellingtons. If using homemade puff pastry, divide the dough into four portions and roll out each one into an eight-inch (20 cm) square. If using store-bought sheets of prerolled pastry, trim each piece to an eight-inch (20 cm) square. Divide half of the spinach among the pastry squares, mounding it in the middle. Lightly season the fish and place a fillet on top of the spinach. Spoon the remaining spinach on top of the fish. Bring the corners of the pastry together, pinch the seams to seal the parcels and place, the seam side down, on the baking tray. TIP: You can assemble the wellingtons up to 6 hours ahead and chill before baking.
- Finish the wellingtons. Brush each wellington with the egg wash. Use the back of a paring knife to mark a pattern on top of each parcel, but do not cut through the pastry.
- Bake for 20 minutes, until the pastry is a rich golden brown. Serve immediately. Enjoy!
TIP: The wellingtons are best hot from the oven right after baking. Leftovers can be reheated for 15 minutes in a 325°f (160°c) oven.
