Watercress & salmon parcels

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• Roberta

  07 March 2008

  Roberta commented on this recipe

  Can you use something else instead of watercress?

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• Louise

  11 March 2008

  Louise rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I used low fat creme fraiche instead of butter, so as not to offend the arteries and i used puff pastry instead of shortcrust. It was fabulously easy and tasty. Will definately make again. may i suggest spinach Roberta?

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• Tavira

  25 March 2008

  Tavira commented on this recipe

  I used parsley and garlic in the butter and puff pastry. very quick graet recipe thanks again good food

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• Michelle

  15 September 2008

  Michelle rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I followed Louise's suggestion of using low fat creme fraiche and puff pastry and it tasted fantastic! I'll definately make it again.

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Ingredients

• 80g watercress , woody stems removed
• 50g butter , softened
• 4 skinless salmon fillets
• 500g shortcrust pastry , rolled out and cut into four equal squares
• 1 egg , beaten

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Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Ready in 50 minutes

Ingredients

• 80g watercress , woody stems removed
• 50g butter , softened
• 4 skinless salmon fillets
• 500g shortcrust pastry , rolled out and cut into four equal squares
• 1 egg , beaten

729 kcalories, protein 26.3g, carbohydrate 47g, fat 49.7 g, saturated fat 19.7g, fibre 2.2g, salt 1.37 g

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