Puff pastry-wrapped salmon coulibiac with basil and spring onions Recipe

Puff pastry-wrapped salmon coulibiac with basil and spring onions Recipe

  • 150g/5½oz ready-rolled puff pastry
  • 1 free range egg, beaten
  • 6 fresh basil leaves
  • 150g/5½oz salmon fillet, skin removed
  • 1 spring onion, cut into strips the same legnth as the salmon fillet
  • 2 tsp honey
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
  2. Place the pastry on a baking sheet and brush the edges with beaten egg.
  3. Lay the basil leaves in the middle of the pastry, top with the salmon fillet, then the whole spring onion, drizzle with honey, season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper, then wrap the edges of the pastry over the salmon to make a parcel.
  4. Brush with more beaten egg and bake in the oven for 12 minutes, or until puffed up and golden on top.
  5. To serve, slice in half on the diagonal.