Salmon & Pesto En Croute

I’m not a huge fan of pies, or pastry really, but felt I should make an effort for National Pie Week. And because Northern Husband just loves pies. Well, he’s from up North. He would, wouldn’t he?

If you were a domestic goddess, you could of course make your own pastry. I, however, am not. So I just got some ready-roll shortcrust pastry out of the freezer.

You could use ready-made pesto too, but I had some leftover Spinach & Walnut Pesto in the fridge already.

This is super quick and easy, but seems like you have gone to far more trouble than you really have. Perfect for a midweek dinner!

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Salmon & Pesto En Croute
A deliciously simple and easy fish pie. If you have the time and the inclination, you could make your own pastry. Or unroll a sheet of ready-made like I did. I used shortcrust pastry but it would be even tastier with puff pastry.
salmon and pesto en croute
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings
people
Ingredients
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings
people
Ingredients
salmon and pesto en croute
Instructions
  1. Dust a baking tray with flour.
    ingredients, pastry, pesto, salmon
  2. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees or whatever your pastry packet instructs.
  3. Unroll the sheet of pastry, cut it in halves and place on the baking tray. Pop the 2 salmon fillets on top and make sure there is enough room to cover them in the pastry. Pop a tablespoon of pesto on the top of each fillet and spread it out to cover each one. Season with salt and pepper.
    salmon and pesto on pastry sheet
  4. Fold the pastry over the salmon fillet and press the edges down firmly with a fork to seal each pie. Repeat with the other fillet.
    closing pastry pie with a fork
  5. Pop the baking tray into the oven and set the timer for 20 minutes.
  6. Plenty of time now to cook some veg to go with it, or make a green salad. Or just sit lie off and read a book. Spoil yourself!
  7. Serve with some veg or a nice green salad on the side. And enjoy!
    salmon and pesto en croute with green salad

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