Salmon en croute

Salmon en croute

This makes an impressive dish for a dinner party but is a doddle to put together

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 50 mins

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Put the mascarpone or cream cheese in a food processor with the watercress, spinach and rocket and whizz the lot until you have a creamy green purée. Season well.
  2. Roll the pastry out so you can wrap the salmon in it completely (just a bit thinner than a £1 coin) and lay it on a buttered or oiled baking sheet (it will hang over the edges). Put the salmon in the middle. If it has a thinner tail end, tuck it under. Spoon half of the watercress mixture onto the salmon. Now fold the pastry over into a neat parcel (the join will be at the top, so trim the edge neatly), making sure you don't have any thick lumps of pastry as these won't cook through properly. Trim off any excess as you need to. Make 3 neat cuts in the pastry to allow steam to escape and make some decorations with the off-cuts to disguise the join if you like. Brush with the egg glaze.
  3. Bake for 30 minutes or until the pastry is crisp and browned. To test whether the salmon is cooked, push a sharp knife through one of the cuts into the flesh, wait for 3 seconds then test it against the inside of your wrist; if it is hot, the salmon is cooked. Serve with the rest of the watercress purée as a sauce.
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This makes an impressive dish for a dinner party but is a doddle to put together.

Per serving

985 kcalories, protein 35.6g, carbohydrate 61g, fat 68.1 g, saturated fat 27.8g, fibre 2.6g, salt 1.94 g

Recipe from olive magazine, September 2006.

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    25 February 2010

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  • Binder photo Shivy

    26 September 2010

    Shivy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely! I forgot to season the sauce but it was still lovely with a bit of seasoning when served. I halved the portion for just me and my husband and it was plenty! Really filling.

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  • Binder photo Amanda006

    03 October 2010

    Amanda006 rated and commented on this recipe

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    I made this with puff pastry and only used spinach with the cream cheese. Really delicious and very easy to make. I'll definitely be making this at my next dinner party!

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  • Binder photo katerina

    11 November 2010

    katerina rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made for News Years Day lunch and it was appreciated by all. Persoanlly I found the watercress mixture a bit strong but others raved about it.

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    13 December 2010

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  • Binder photo Rhannii

    30 December 2010

    Rhannii rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this for friends on Boxing Day using individual portions of salmon and sealed the seam with small fish shapes I cut out of the remaining pastry. I served this with roasted baby plum tomatoes on the vine, sugarsnap peas and new potatoes. As I'd made this previously on a trial run, I finely chopped the herb mix with a mezzaluna second time round and folded this into a blend of Philadelphia and mascarpone which made it less runny and more manageable. Overall a great recipe which my guests thoroughly enjoyed

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  • Binder photo fionad

    01 January 2011

    fionad commented on this recipe

    Made this for friends a couple of days after christmas using puff pastry - it was fantastic and I received excellent compliments on it. Very easy to make will definately make again.

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  • Binder photo katy stenning

    16 April 2011

    katy stenning commented on this recipe

    lavely!

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  • Binder photo StaceyB85

    09 June 2011

    StaceyB85 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very nice and very easy to put together, didn't have all the ingredients so I substituted Marscapone with cream cheese and stirred in some leftover pesto I had. Made two individual ones (could only get small salmon fillets) and served with some steamed cabbage, green beans and carrot. Will have a go at making it for my next dinner party!

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  • Binder photo Saema

    18 June 2011

    Saema rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Served this for a family get together everyone thought it was lovely and asked me for the recipe. I made it with puff pastry it turned out really well, the sauce was lovely. I actually used 'roule' instead of plain cream cheese yum! Will definitely be making again.

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  • Binder photo trinnyloves2shop

    07 September 2011

    trinnyloves2shop rated and commented on this recipe

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    So easy and simple to make and tasted fab!!

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  • Binder photo Kath

    02 November 2011

    Kath rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made this last night, used frozen salmon fillets (just put them straight on the pastry), pre rolled puff pastry and frozen spinach (needed to defrost and squeeze out all the water before and looked impressive! Great for a lazy, store cupboard meal! (maybe i was a little to lazy!)

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  • Binder photo Andie GF

    14 November 2011

    Andie GF rated and commented on this recipe

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    Made this with puff pastry and didn't use watercress (I live in Spain and its quite difficult to find), so just used spinach and cream cheese. Delicious, hubby loved it as well, so definitely making this again.

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  • Binder photo tinysparkles*

    15 February 2012

    tinysparkles* commented on this recipe

    Looking forward to making this tonight! But 985 kcals PER serving?! Is that right??!

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  • Binder photo loveinmytummy

    28 February 2012

    loveinmytummy rated and commented on this recipe

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    Delicious and so easy to make! I served it with coriander mayonnaise and homemade chips

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  • Binder photo Missis

    18 March 2012

    Missis rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Went down really well and enjoyed by all on Mother's Day with minted buttered baby new potatoes and peas and roasted cauliflower (won't bother with that again). The sauce was really nice too. Surprisingly easy.

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  • Binder photo Maria Budgen

    14 April 2012

    Maria Budgen rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This looked and tasted impressive, considering its simplicity. The most difficult thing was getting the skin off my salmon! I doubled the recipe to serve 7 and used 2 packs of puff pastry which worked well - instead of wrapping the salmon, I rolled out one pack as the base, and the other as the top, and crimped the sides together with beaten egg between, then made "fish" cut outs from the trimmings and put them along the middle. I was surprised there was no oozing (I used Philadelphia cream cheese rather than mascarpone, given some comments above) and it looked v smart. Wasn't so keen on the left over mix as a sauce - I watered it down with a little milk to make it pourable, but wasn't mad on the "raw" flavour - perhaps I should have heated it. I served the salmon with new potatoes and salad. Will make again.

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    10 May 2012

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  • Binder photo Bungly

    13 May 2012

    Bungly rated and commented on this recipe

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    Made it with all spinach and substituted some half-fat creme fraiche for some cream cheese. It was delicious and fed 5.

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  • Binder photo paulagilmer

    17 June 2012

    paulagilmer commented on this recipe

    made this - very easy and looked amazing! I rolled 2 sheets of shortcrust pastry and sealed them together with egg and it looked really nice ( pressed edges with fork). The only thing is I felt the sauce inside prehaps needed something else to lift it - so next time will try adding some lemon zest. I served with a small amt of mash and some pan fried mini sweet peppers in a teaspoonful of brown sugar and drizzle of honey! didn't really need the mash in the end! Too Full!

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 50 mins

Ingredients

  • 150g mascarpone or cream cheese
  • 1 bag watercress , spinach and rocket, about 120g
  • 500g shortcrust pastry , use a butter version such as Jus-rol, which is frozen, or Dorset pastry
  • 500g piece salmon fillets , skinless
  • 1 egg , beaten
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Per serving

985 kcalories, protein 35.6g, carbohydrate 61g, fat 68.1 g, saturated fat 27.8g, fibre 2.6g, salt 1.94 g

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