Pastry Wrapped Salmon

Pastry Wrapped Salmon

Succulent salmon pieces are wrapped in a flavorful homemade pastry and served with a roasted beet salad. Not only delicious, this meal is surprisingly filling! 

Got stuck on  "homemade pastry"? Don't panic! Read along for substitution ideas. ;)

This dish was born when I was making some Homemade Crackers, as per Mr. LTH's request. While rolling out the cracker's dough, I thought "why not wrap that salmon filet resting in the fridge with it?!".... well, the rest is history! 

Pastry Wrapped Salmon

The cracker's dough became the perfect blanket for the salmon, allowing it to cook and maintain it's moisture while, at the same time, developing a nice crust. 

You may argue that this dish is a "Wellington" variation and I won't disagree, but this Pastry Wrapped Salmon recipe has much less fat in it, since it doesn't use puff pastry to wrap the fish. 

If you find making your own pastry too laborious or is simply out of time, you can substitute it for either store-bought strudel pastry or wonton wraps. This will cut your preparation time in about 30 to 40 minutes. 

And in case you are asking "what about this gorgeous roasted beet salad?", I'll be posting this recipe soon, so stay tuned! :)

Pastry Wrapped Salmon

Preparation time: 1 hr
Yield: 3 portions
Level: Easy / Medium

Ingredients

• 300 g salmon filet, divided in 100 g pieces
• 1 tbsp of all purpose flour
• 1/4 tsp of powdered garlic
• 1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• 3 sheets (each roughly 20 cm long) of the LTH's Homemade Crackers dough. 
• Olive oil for brushing
• Optional: 1 tsp of Turmeric

Start by preparing the cracker's dough. To go to the recipe, click on the link above. In the pastry evolving the salmon on the pictures, I added one additional tsp of Turmeric, to give it a more vibrant color. 

Season the salmon pieces with the powdered garlic, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper and coat them with the 1 tbsp of all purpose flour. 

Take one pastry sheet and brush it generously with olive oil. Place a salmon piece in the center and fold it like a Christmas present. One tip I give you: have the sheet laying on top of a plastic wrap and use it to help you fold the pastry around the salmon. 

Brush the top of the salmon packets with more olive oil and bake it in a 400 F (200 C) for 15 minutes.