Salmon Pot Pie Recipe

Salmon Pot Pie Recipe

  • 3 cups clam juice
  • 1 (3 ounce) salmon fillet, skin removed
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 carrot, peeled and diced
  • 1 stalk celery, diced
  • 1 small leek, diced
  • 1 shallot, minced
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour, or as needed
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill, or to taste
  • 1/2 lemon, juiced, or to taste
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 10 medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 1 1/2 ounces smoked salmon, chopped
  • 1/2 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease two 2-cup baking dishes.
  2. Bring the clam juice to a simmer in a small pot. Place salmon fillet into clam juice; poach until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 10 minutes. Remove salmon to a plate; reserve poaching liquid.
  3. Heat olive oil and butter in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in carrot, celery, leek, and shallot; cook and stir until vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes. Whisk flour into vegetable mixture; cook and stir until flour is golden, about 5 minutes.
  4. Whisk reserved poaching liquid and cream into vegetable mixture; return to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens, about 3 minutes. Stir dill and lemon juice into mixture; season with salt and pepper.
  5. Break salmon fillet into bite-size pieces; divide into prepared baking dishes. Cover salmon with 1/3 the sauce; layer 5 shrimp into each dish. Cover shrimp with 1/3 the sauce; divide smoked salmon evenly into each dish. Top with remaining 1/3 the sauce.
  6. Roll out puff pastry sheet 1/8-inch thick on a lightly floured surface. Cut two pastry circles large enough to cover the baking dishes and place one circle over each dish. Place dishes on a baking sheet.
  7. Bake in the preheated oven until pastry is risen and golden brown, about 15 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before serving.