Homemade Fish shaped Appetizer
- 150 grams flour, all-purpose
- 75 grams butter chilled
- 1/2 teaspoon salt To Taste
- 1/2 whole egg yolks Beaten
- 75 millilitres water Cooled
- 1/2 tablespoon olive oil Filling
- 1/2 teaspoons garlic Chopped
- 1 tablespoons red onion Chopped
- 50 grams smoked salmon Crumbled
- 25 grams potatoes Mashed
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt To Taste
- 1/2 whole eggs Beaten
- Sift the flour.
- Place the flour and salt in a large bowl.
- Mix.
- Rub the butter into the flour with your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
- Next add approximately 1/2 of the egg yolk and the water.
- Mix well your hands.
- Try to work quickly.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for 10 -15 minutes.
- Now take the chilled dough and roll out into a 12 inch square that is about 18 inch thick, using a rolling pin.
- Draw a fish shape on a paper and cut it out.
- fish 6 x 4 inchPlace the fish on the dough and cut it out with a sharp knife.
- Place it greased baking pan.
- (use butter or coking spray to grease the pan).
- In a pan heat 1/2 table spoon olive oil over medium high heat, add garlic and mix until slightly softened.
- Next add onion, salmon, and prepared (or leftover) mashed potatoes.
- Mix until onion is softened and everything is heated through.
- Add pepper and salt.
- Mix well.
- This recipe will have enough dough and filling to make 4 number of fish.
- Place your prepared filling in the pastry a FishaTM.
- Brush the edges of the pastry with some egg wash then place additional pastry a FishaTM over the top and press down to seal.
- After that, you can decorate the fish with eye, mouth and scales.
- IaTMve done in the photo above.
- You can use scraps of the dough and cut out small rounds and then layer them like a fish's scales.
- Brush the egg on top of the pastry.
- The scales mouth and eye were made out of pastry dough.
- You can do this with the extra scraps of dough if you want.
- Bake about 20 minutes at 200 cup degrees or until the crust is golden brown.
- Serve and enjoy.
flour, butter, salt, egg yolks, water, olive oil filling, garlic, red onion, salmon, potatoes mashed, black pepper, salt, eggs
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/homemade-fish-shaped-appetizer-51762 (may not work)