Pockets of Fresh Salmon Fillet and Boiled Spinach
By Olivia Kim
Inspired by Gordon Ramsay’s Beef Wellington recipe, the Salmon Wellington is a new take on a seemingly difficult pastry recipe. Succulent and luscious slices of salmon stacked with spinach and rolled in soft, flaky phyllo pastry – simply pop it in the oven and you can savour a slice of this delicious yet healthy dish!
One of the finalists for our first-ever Campus Cookout, Olivia Kim was born in Korea and currently studying in Singapore. She loves to cook and bake; from hearty sandwiches to bunny-shaped pancakes, she is no stranger to the kitchen. Here’s a pick from one of her gastronomical adventures.
Ingredients
Serves 2-3
1 Salmon fillet (packet found in supermarkets)
1 Egg
2 Sheets of Phyllo dough/spring roll pastry
1 packet of spinach
Parmesan/mozzarella cheese
Black pepper
Directions
1. After boiling spinach, chop it into smaller pieces. (3-5cm).
2. In the bowl, crack the egg and mix it with shredded cheese of your choice.
3. Add chopped boiled spinach into the bowl and mix with egg and cheese from step 2 together. (it should look like those dumpling fillings)
4. Add 1/2 tsp of pepper.
5. Filling is done!
With prepared filling:
6. Remove the salmon skin.
7. Sprinkle salt on both sides of salmon and place the fillet onto the phyllo dough sheet.
8. Put a layer of fillings on top of fillet of salmon.
9. Roll the phyllo dough to wrap the salmon fillet and spinach.
10.Bake it in pre-heated oven for 15-20 minutes.
*For crispy pastry, grease phyllo dough with butter before baking.
