Miss Pixie's Salmon, Spinach & Mozzarella In Pastry

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/4 kg skinned and boned fresh salmon, 1 side
• 1/2 teaspoon salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 500 g spinach
• 100 g fresh mozzarella cheese or 100 g bocconcini
• 200 g fresh ricotta cheese
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons chopped spring onions
• 2 tablespoons chopped chives
• 1 egg
• 800 g puff pastry
• 1 egg, for glazing

Recipe

• 1 season the salmon with salt and pepper, and cut into 2 pieces down the middle lengthwise. set aside.
• 2 wash the spinach carefully to release any dirt, then cook in a small amount of salted water until it wilts.
• 3 refresh under cold water; drain thoroughly. chop very finely and place in a mixing bowl.
• 4 chop the mozzarella into tiny pieces and add to the spinach with the ricotta, salt and pepper, nutmeg, spring onion and chives.
• 5 mix well and add the beaten egg.
• 6 roll out half the pastry into a rectangle about 6cm larger than the salmon, on all sides. place this on a baking sheet.
• 7 spread half the spinach and cheese mixture in the centre of the pastry, so that it covers about two-thirds of the area, leaving a strip of about 6cm on all sides.
• 8 place the salmon in the centre, side by side, topping and tailing the two pieces so that the shape of the salmon roughly equates to an oblong.
• 9 sprinkle over extra salt and pepper.
• 10 carefully spread the remaining spinach and cheese mixture over the salmon.
• 11 roll out the remaining pastry, and place this on top, pulling the extra pastry from the base up, brushed with the extra beaten egg.
• 12 seal the top piece of pastry to the base with egg so it will remain closed and form a neat parcel.
• 13 use any trimmings to decorate the top.
• 14 completely brush the parcel with the remaining egg.
• 15 return to the refrigerator for at least half an hour.
• 16 bake at 200 degrees for about 15 minutes until the pastry is crisp and golden, and the salmon is cooked.
• 17 serve hot or cold.