Salmon With Wild Rice Pilaf In Puff Pastry Recipes

SALMON COULIBIACS

Steps:

• Bring wine, 2 cups water, bay leaf, celery, and peppercorns to a simmer in a small, wide saucepan over medium-high. Add salmon, cover, reduce heat to low, and cook until slightly opaque but still pink on inside, about 3 minutes. Remove salmon; let cool slightly. Strain liquid through a fine-mesh sieve; reserve. Flake salmon into large pieces.
• Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a medium saute pan over medium-high. Add leek and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender and lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl. Melt 4 more tablespoons butter in pan; add mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until well browned, about 5 minutes. Add to leeks.
• Melt remaining 1 tablespoon butter in pan. Whisk in flour, stirring constantly, until mixture is foamy and light brown, about 1 minute. Gradually whisk in 1 cup reserved poaching liquid. Bring to a boil, reduce to a rapid simmer, and cook, whisking constantly, until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat; let cool. Stir into leek-mushroom mixture. Add rice, dill, and salmon. Season with salt and pepper and stir to combine.
• On a floured surface, roll each piece of puff pastry (dusting with flour as necessary) into a 12-by-16-inch rectangle, 1/8 inch thick. Cut out twelve 4-by-6-inch rectangles; transfer to 2 parchment-lined baking sheets. Use small cookie cutters to cut shapes from excess dough, if desired.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Divide filling evenly among pastry rectangles (about 1/4 cup each), mounding in center of one short side. With a pastry brush, dampen borders with cold water. Fold tops of pastry over filling. Press edges; crimp to seal tightly with the tines of a fork. Place cutouts on top, if desired; adhere with cold water. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate until firm, 20 minutes.
• Beat together yolk and cream; brush each coulibiac with mixture. Bake, rotating halfway through, until puffed and golden brown, about 30 minutes. Serve warm, with lemon wedges and sauce.

SALMON AND RICE WRAPPED IN PASTRY WITH DILL SAUCE

Steps:

• For Salmon, Rice and Pastry: Bring medium saucepan of salted water to a boil.
• Add the rice; boil uncovered until just tender-- about 18 minutes.
• Drain.
• Melt butter in a heavy medium skillet over medium-low heat.
• Add leek and sautè until beginning to soften-- about 4 minutes.
• Add the mushrooms and cover the skillet and cook until mushrooms release their juices, stirring occasionally-- about 5 minutes.
• Uncover skillet, increase heat to medium-high and sautè until liquid evaporates-- about 3 minutes.
• Transfer to bowl and add rice.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Cool completely.
• Butter a large baking sheet.
• Roll out 1 puff pastry sheet on a floured surface to 12" square size.
• Cut into 4 equal squares.
• Divide rice mixture among centers of squares, mounding in oval shape with ends toward 2 corners of pastry.
• Set salmon on top of rice.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Bring pastry corners up around salmon (pastry will not enclose salmon completely).
• Roll out remaining pastry sheet on a floured surface to 13" square size.
• Cut into 4 equal squares.
• Lay 1 square atop each salmon fillet, tucking corners under bottom pastry to enclose salmon completely.
• Pinch edges together to seal (brush with egg mixture if necessary to help it adhere).
• Arrange salmon packages, seam side down, on prepared baking sheet.
• Cover and chill 30 minutes.
• (Can be made up to 8 hours ahead-- Keep chilled).
• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Brush top of pastry with egg mixture.
• Bake until golden and thermometer inserted into fish registers 145°-- about 30 minutes.
• For Dill Sauce: Combine clam juice and wine in heavy small non-aluminum saucepan.
• Boil until reduced to 1/3 cup-- about 9 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium.
• Whisk in Crème Fraîche.
• Boil until reduced to 1 cup-- about 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat, stir in dill and season with salt and pepper.
• Transfer salmon packages to plates.
• Spoon Dill Sauce around, and serve.
• Note: If crème fraiche is unavailable, heat 1 1/4 cup whipping cream to lukewarm (85°).
• Remove from heat and mix in 2 1/4 tablespoons buttermilk.
• Cover and let stand in warm draft-free area until slightly thickened (24 to 48 hours, depending on the temperature of the room).
• Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Enjoy!

COULIBIAC (SALMON AND RICE IN PUFF PASTRY)

Steps:

• Cook rice until tender. Set aside.
• Melt butter in skillet over medium-low heat.
• Add leek; sauté until beginning to soften, about 4 minutes.
• Add mushrooms. Cover skillet; cook until mushrooms release their juices, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes.
• Uncover skillet. Increase heat to medium-high; sauté until liquid evaporates, about 3 minutes.
• Transfer to bowl. Add rice. Season with salt and pepper. Cool completely.
• Butter large baking sheet.
• Cut one pastry sheet into 4 equal squares. Divide rice mixture among centers of squares.
• Set salmon atop rice. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Bring pastry corners up around salmon (pastry will not enclose salmon completely.)
• Cut remaining pastry into 4 equal squares. Lay 1 square atop each salmon fillet, tucking corners under bottom pastry to enclose salmon completely.
• Pinch edges together to seal, brushing with egg mixture.
• Arrange salmon packages, seam side down, on prepared baking sheet. Cover and chill 30 minutes. (Can be made 8 hours ahead. Keep chilled.).
• Preheat oven to 400°F Brush top of pastry with egg mixture.
• Bake until golden about 30 minutes.

SALMON WITH WILD RICE PILAF IN PUFF PASTRY

Steps:

• Boil wild rice and bay leaf in water for 45 minutes. Drain.
• Meanwhile, Melt butter in pan, saute mushrooms and onions until onions are soft and mushrooms release juices.
• Add white rice and saute about 2 more minutes.
• Add chicken broth and lemon juice, bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 20 minutes.
• Mix drained wild rice with cooked rice pilaf and cool.
• Butter large baking sheet.
• Roll out each sheet of pastry to 12" square.
• Cut each sheet into 4 squares.
• Mound rice evenly onto 4 squares.
• Top each rice mound with salmon.
• Fold up and seal the corners of each filled square (the edges will not cover salmon).
• Place the remaining 4 squares on top of each of the 4 filled squares. Tuck corners under and pinch seams together.
• Save any remaining rice for another use.
• Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
• Brush with egg mixture and bake at 400 for 30 minutes.
• Serve with sauce.
• This makes 4 large servings. For smaller servings, cut the fish into 8 portions and fill each of 8 squares with rice and salmon. Pull up corners of each square and pinch the seams, completely enclosing and sealing the filling. Bake for only 20 minutes.
• For Sauce:.
• Combine whipping cream and bottled clam juice. Boil and reduce until thickend appx. 20 minutes.
• Stir in dijon and tarragon.