Salmon Surprise

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

Ingredients

• 2 ounces rice, long grain
• 1 ounce butter
• 1 onion, large chopped
• salt, low
• pepper, black
• 13 ounces tomatoes, canned and chopped
• 12 -14 ounces salmon fillets
• 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 lb puff pastry, ready made
• 1 lemon, zest and juice

Recipe

• 1 cook the rice in boiling water for 11-12 minutes, or until just cooked, dont overcook as it goes mushy. and rinse with cold water, drain and allow to cool.
• 2 simmer the salmon fillets, allow to cool then strip off any skin and remove the bones, break up the flesh unto small crumbly pieces.
• 3 heat up the butter in a medium sized saucepan and saute the onion gently for at least 3 minutes, add a tiny amount more butter, if it starts to stick, or a splash of water also does the trick.
• 4 drain the tomatoes retaining some of the liquid, in case it gets too dry and simmer for 15 minutes and leave to cool.
• 5 pre heat oven to 400-420.
• 6 combine the rice with the onion and tomato mix, the flaked salmon, parsley lemon zest, h alf of the beaten egg and the juice, season with the pepper and salt.
• 7 rollout the puff pastry to a large oblong about 12x16 inches. arrange the mix down the middle of the pastry like a meatloaf, brush the edges of te pastry with water and wrap the ends over then the sides.
• 8 turn over and place on a lined biscuit tray, brush the top with the beaten egg, and snip vents along the top.
• 9 bake for about 35-45 minutes in a hot oven.