Salmon Pie With Egg Sauce Recipes

ALDER-PLANKED SALMON WITH EGG SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.
• In a small saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter. Add shallots and saute 1 minute. Season with a pinch of salt. Add lemon juice, wine, stock and cream. Simmer over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes, until reduced to about 2 tablespoons.
• Lower the heat and whisk in the remaining butter 1 tablespoon at a time, adding each piece when the previous one is almost melted.
• Add hot sauce and season with salt and pepper to taste. Strain the sauce through a fine sieve, into a bowl. Cover to keep warm until ready to serve.
• Mix together the mustard powder, salt, and pepper. Brush the top of the salmon fillets with the melted butter. Season both sides with the mustard mixture and set aside.
• Put the soaked shingles in the oven, directly on the racks, for about 3 to 5 minutes until the wood is lightly browned on top. Carefully take the shingles out of the oven and place them on a heat-proof surface.
• Turn on the oven broiler.
• Immediately brush the shingles with a thin layer of olive oil and lay the salmon fillets, skinned side down, on the browned side of each shingle. Place the shingles under the broiler and cook the fish for about 5 to 7 minutes, until firm but not dry. Remove the fillets to a platter or serve directly from the shingles.
• Just before serving, stir the parsley and grated eggs into the reserved warm egg sauce. Fold in chives and caviar if using. Top the fillets with the egg sauce and a sprinkling of chives, and a dollop of caviar if using.

HEARTY SALMON PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Melt 1/4 cup butter in 3-quart saucepan; stir in 3/4 cup finely crushed stuffing. Press stuffing mixture on bottom and up sides of greased 9-inch pie pan; set aside.
• Stir together all filling ingredients in same saucepan; spoon into crust. Bake 50-55 minutes or until heated through. Let stand 10 minutes.
• Melt 1/3 cup butter in 2-quart saucepan. Stir in cornstarch. Stir in all remaining sauce ingredients except tomatoes. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, 5-7 minutes or until mixture comes to a full boil. Add tomatoes; boil 1 minute.
• Cut pie into 6 wedges; serve sauce over wedges.

FRENCH-CANADIAN SALMON PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour and salt. Cut in butter or lard until mixture is an even crumbly texture. Add cold water a tablespoon at a time and mix until dough comes together.
• Shape the dough into a disc, wrap, and chill in the refrigerator. While pastry is chilling, prepare filling.
• Wash and peel the potatoes. Cut into chunks and boil in a medium size pot of water until tender, about 12 minutes. Drain, mash the potatoes, and set aside.
• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onions, and sauté until they are softened, about 5 minutes.
• Add the 1/2-cup of water to the skillet.
• Season the salmon fillet with salt and pepper, and place it into the skillet skin side down.
• Spoon liquid and onions over the salmon, cover the skillet, and cook until the salmon is opaque, about 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and let the salmon cool slightly.
• Remove the skin and break the salmon into pieces. Add the salmon, onions, and poaching liquid to the mashed potatoes and mix to combine. Taste and adjust salt and pepper if needed.
• Preheat the oven to 400°F.
• On a lightly floured surface, divide dough in half and form two balls. Flatten one ball with your hands, and roll dough to about 12-inches in diameter, to fit a 9-inch pie pan.
• Place the pastry into the pie plate and add the salmon pie filling. Gently pat the filling down to remove any air spaces.
• Brush around the outer edge of the pastry with the beaten egg. Roll out the top pastry and place on top of the pie filling.
• Fold the top crust under the bottom crust and pinch the edges. Brush with egg wash and cut vent holes.
• Bake the salmon pie in a preheated oven for 30-35 minutes, or until the pastry is golden brown. While the salmon pie is baking, make the dill béchamel sauce.
• Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the flour and whisk until smooth. Gradually add milk stirring constantly. When sauce begins to thicken, add the lemon juice, dill, and salt and pepper to taste. Simmer for 2 minutes. Keep warm until ready to serve.
• Remove the pie from oven and let it cool for at least 10 minutes before serving. Cut into pie wedges, drizzle with the dill sauce if desired, and serve warm.
• Yield: Makes 1 pie, about 8 servings.

GRANDMAS SALMON PIE /WITH EGG SAUCE

Steps:

• 1.-clean salmon and flake in bowl
• 2.-add boiled potatoes and onions and mix
• 3.-add enough reservered juice to make filling smooth but
• not runny.
• 4-put in prepared crust and bake at 350 for 35 minute.
• in the meantime boil your eggs and let them cool.
• to make whie sauce:.
• 1-melt butter.
• 2- add flour and sal and pepper til it makes a paste.
• 3-add milk and stir til it thickens-
• 4-remove from heat and add eggs to serve over pie.

SALMON PIE WITH EGG SAUCE

Steps:

• FOR PIE:.
• Melt olive oil, saute the onions until tender.
• Peel potatoes and cook in salted water until tender, mash them up.
• Flake salmon with liquids, incorporate with the mashed potatoes and cooked onions.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Place first pie shell in bottom of pie plate.
• Put potatoe salmon mixture.
• Place second pie shell on top, make incisions on top for steam.
• Beat egg, brush egg mixture all over pie. This will create a nice golden crust.
• Cook at 400o for 30 minutes.
• SAUCE:.
• Boil eggs in water for approximately 10 minutes. Remove shells, cut eggs in thin slices, put aside.
• Heat 2 cups of milk, reserve.
• In a heavy based saucepan, melt butter, whisk in flour and cook, stirring until the flour is foaming but not browned, about 1 minute.
• Off heat, add warm milk, whisk well, then bring to a boil, whisking constantly until the sauce thickens.
• Season with salt and pepper and nutmeg.
• Gentlly add sliced eggs, simmer slowly for 1-2 minutes.
• Slice salmon pie and serve with a generous amount of egg sauce on top.

SALMON AND LEEK PIE

Steps:

• Cut white and pale-green parts of leeks crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices. In a bowl of cold water wash leeks well and lift from water into a colander to drain. Pat leeks dry. In a large skillet cook leeks in butter over moderate heat, stirring, until tender, about 12 minutes, and cool. Cut salmon into roughly 3/4-inch pieces and in a bowl toss with leeks, dill, zest, salt, and pepper until combined well.
• In a small bowl whisk together egg and water to make an egg wash. On a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin roll 1 puff pastry sheet into a 10-inch square and the other into a 12-inch square. Transfer 10-inch pastry square to a floured large baking sheet and mound salmon filling in center, forming a round 8 inches in diameter. Brush edges of pastry evenly with some egg wash. Carefully drape remaining pastry square over salmon and gently press edges together to seal. With a sharp knife trim edges of pastry to form a 10-inch round. Crimp edges and cut 4 steam vents on top of crust. Brush crust evenly with some remaining egg wash. Chill pie, loosely covered, at least 1 hour and up to 3.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Bake pie in middle of oven until pastry is golden brown, about 30 minutes.
• Serve pie warm or at room temperature with sauce.