Quebec Salmon Pie Recipes

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the potatoes, onion, milk, celery seed, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Stir in salmon and parsley. Line a 9-in. pie plate with bottom pastry; trim even with edges. Spread salmon mixture into crust. , Roll out remaining pastry to fit top of pie; place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in top. Beat egg and water; brush over pastry. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until crust is golden. Refrigerate leftovers.

Steps:

• Grease individual casseroles or a nine-inch deep pie plate.
• preheat the oven to 400°F.
• Drain, flake and crush bones from can of salmon.
• Bones are loaded with calcium and should never be discarded.
• Combine potatoes and all other ingredients except salmon.
• Place half the potato mixture in bottom of prepared casseroles or pie plate.
• Cover with salmon.
• Top with remaining potato mixture.
• Prepare sufficient pastry, roll out and cover casserole or pie plate.
• Cut vents for steam to escape.
• Bake in 400 F oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until bubbly hot and crust is golden brown.
• Hint: Serve with chili sauce or chutney.

Steps:

• Pastry:.
• Combine flour, butter and salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade. Pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. (I don't have a food processor, so I combined it as I would for scones, grated frozen butter into the flour and salt, and used a pastry cutter tool until it looked like crumbs).
• Beat egg with lemon juice, adding enough ice water to measure 1/3 cup; add to flour mixture and process (mix with a fork),until mixture begins to clump; form into a disk and chill. Preheat oven to 375f degrees.
• Roll pastry between two sheets of parchment paper, lightly floured, to about 1/4 inch thick. Remove top piece of parchment and slide the pastry onto a large baking sheet or pie plate.
• Filling:.
• Measure 1 tablespoon of cream and reserve.
• Stir mashed potatoes with salmon, cheese, remaining cream, onion, egg, lemon juice, dill, garlic, salt and pepper until well combined. Spoon salmon mixture into the centre of the prepared pastry round.
• Fold in the edges of the pastry, leaving the centre of the filling exposed; brush the crust with the reserved cream; bake for 50 minutes or until pastry is golden.

Steps:

• Crust: mix 4 cups flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a medium to large mixing bowl.
• Cut in the 1/2 cup of shortening with pastry cutter, two knives or a fork- until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Add water to the mixture a little at a time, you can use a fork or you hands to mix the flour and water- until all is mixed and is slightly sticky.
• Roll the dough out on a floured surface and knead until smooth.
• Cut the dough in half and chill the 2 balls of dough until needed.
• Filling:.
• While boiling (40 mins) or steaming (30-40 mins) the potatoes, drain and de-bone the salmon.
• I personally don't like any bones, no matter how soft they are in my pie!
• Once potatoes are done and you can insert a fork into them without resistance, drain water (if boiled) and with a hand mixer start to cream the potatoes.
• Add the butter to the potatoes--as much or as little as you want--and cream together until the butter is melted and evenly distributed.
• Add the milk a 1/2 cup at a time until the potatoes are smooth and creamy, but not too thin nor too thick.
• Add the salmon chives, basil, salt and pepper and mix with the mixer or by hand.
• Add enough salt that you can taste it through the potatoes sufficiently.
• Roll out the first ball of dough large enough for the bottom and sides of a 13x9x2-inch pan.
• Line the pan with dough and add mashed potato mixture evenly into the pan.
• Roll out second ball of dough and place it on top of the filling; cut off excess dough and seal the edges of the pie.
• Make incisions in the dough like this:/// or like this:+.
• Bake for 40 minutes at 400°F or until browned on top and on bottom on the middle rack in the oven.
• Serve right away--we like it with butter melted on top and salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Wash, peel and half potatoes. Place in a 3 quart saucepan, barely cover the potatoes with water, place cover on the pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes.
• While the potatoes are cooking, clean the canned salmon by removing any bones and skin. Reserve 1 tablespoon of the juice from the salmon. Mince onion very fine and prepare pie plate by placing bottom crust in plate.
• When the potatoes are done, drain water from the pan, add the butter, onion, ginger and the reserved juice from the salmon. Mash well, then use electric hand mixer if preferred. Add cleaned salmon, beat well then finally add the egg beating one last time.
• Transfer filling to prepared pie plate, cover with top crust. Cut 5 or 6 vent holes in the top of the crust. If desired, pat top crust with half and half or butter. Bake in preheated 400°F oven for 50-60 minutes. Enjoy!

Steps:

• Cut white and pale-green parts of leeks crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices. In a bowl of cold water wash leeks well and lift from water into a colander to drain. Pat leeks dry. In a large skillet cook leeks in butter over moderate heat, stirring, until tender, about 12 minutes, and cool. Cut salmon into roughly 3/4-inch pieces and in a bowl toss with leeks, dill, zest, salt, and pepper until combined well.
• In a small bowl whisk together egg and water to make an egg wash. On a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin roll 1 puff pastry sheet into a 10-inch square and the other into a 12-inch square. Transfer 10-inch pastry square to a floured large baking sheet and mound salmon filling in center, forming a round 8 inches in diameter. Brush edges of pastry evenly with some egg wash. Carefully drape remaining pastry square over salmon and gently press edges together to seal. With a sharp knife trim edges of pastry to form a 10-inch round. Crimp edges and cut 4 steam vents on top of crust. Brush crust evenly with some remaining egg wash. Chill pie, loosely covered, at least 1 hour and up to 3.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Bake pie in middle of oven until pastry is golden brown, about 30 minutes.
• Serve pie warm or at room temperature with sauce.