Mrs. Puff's Pastry Fish

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• flour
• 2 puff pastry sheets
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tuna (i used salmon and crab before)
• 2 tablespoons chopped onions
• 2 tablespoons chopped celery
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• salt and pepper
• 4 slices american cheese, cut in half
• egg wash (1 egg, 1 yolk, pinch of salt, beaten together)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 375°f
• 2 on a floured surface, roll out puff pastry sheets into 12- by 18-inch rectangles. slide them onto a baking pan and place in the refrigerator. let them settle about one hour, until firm.
• 3 while the dough is settling, make the tuna salad. drain the cans of tuna and mix with the onions celery, mayonnaise, and salt and pepper. set it aside.
• 4 using a floured fish-shaped cookie cutter, help your kids cut out 16 pieces from the pastry sheets. (if you do not have a fish-shaped cutter, draw a simple fish on a piece of cardboard, cut it out, and use it as a template.)
• 5 divide the filling evenly among eight of the fish pieces, leaving a 1/4-inch border all around. place a cheese slice on top of the filling.
• 6 with a pastry brush or small, clean paintbrush, brush the 1/4-inch border of the pastry with the egg wash.
• 7 place the top pieces on the filled bases and lightly press together the edges with a fork to seal in the filling.
• 8 brush the tops of all the fish with the egg wash. with the tip of a knife, poke a small hole to make an eye. you can also lightly cut a fin shape, being careful not to press the knife tip all the way through the dough.
• 9 bake for about 20 minutes until well colored and crisp.