How do I bake salmon wrapped inside phyllo dough?

March 17, 2009 8:13 PM

I had a dish a few years ago that was salmon and wild mushrooms baked inside phyllo dough. It was amazing, very savory and earthy. Does anyone have any ideas on how to replicate?
posted by slepore09 to Food & Drink (6 answers total)

Was it topographically more similar to a traditional chicken pot pie or a Hot Pocket or what?
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 8:24 PM on March 17, 2009

I'm not a cook... but inexplicably I was watching Rachael Ray this morning, and she had a similar recipe (Salmon in Pastry Sacks). It calls for button mushrooms, but I can't see why you couldn't use wild mushrooms instead. The dish looked amazing, I must say.
posted by Mael Oui at 8:32 PM on March 17, 2009

Sounds like coulibiac to me.
posted by Sidhedevil at 8:33 PM on March 17, 2009

Was it Salmon Wellington?
posted by miscbuff at 8:54 PM on March 17, 2009

Yeah, sounds like delicious Kulebiak.
posted by Good Brain at 9:20 PM on March 17, 2009

Cooking fish wrapped in phylo is fairly easy. Season a boned and skinned salmon filet with salt and pepper and sear it in a pan. You want to leave it undercooked as you still need to bake it in the phylo. The mushrooms would be sauteed in butter, garlic and a little white wine until they soft. The phylo is prepped by laying out a single sheet and brushing it with melted butter. Sprinkle a small amount of dried bread crumbs and any herbs such as thyme, or tarragon on the phylo dough. The bread crumbs act as a spacer to keep the phylo sheets seperated and make the crust lighter and crunchier. Repeat with at least three more sheets of phylo dough. Place the sauteed mushrooms in the middle of the phylo dough and put the salmon on top of the mushrooms. Fold the dough around the salmon making a neat bundle and bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes then check the temperature of the salmon by sticking a meat thermometer through the dough into the salmon. To duplicate the actual flavors of the dish that you had may take a few trials with different mushrooms and herbs. Using Chantrelle mushrooms with fresh thyme would be delicious but expensive. Shitakes, or crimini mushrooms are easier to find and would be much cheaper. Even cheap white button mushrooms will work, especially if you can add a lttle dried porcini mushroom powder into the mushrooms when you are sauteeing them.
posted by calumet43 at 9:45 PM on March 17, 2009 [9 favorites]