Salmon Parcels With Thai Butter
- 125 g butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon Thai red curry paste
- 1 lime, zest of
- 3 -4 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander (cilantro)
- 12 sheets fresh phyllo pastry
- 4 (125 g) salmon fillets, skin removed
- In a small bowl, mix half the butter with the curry paste, lime zest, and coriander.
- Season, wrap in cling film, and shape into a log.
- Chill in the freezer for 20 minutes to firm up.
- Melt the remaining butter in a small pan over a low heat.
- Trim the filo to rectangles about 18X26cm.
- Brush 1 rectangle with butter.
- Top with another rectange, brush with butter, and finish with a 3rd layer of filo.
- Place a salmon fillet, skinned side down, in the center of each filo pile.
- Cut the Thai butter into pieces and put 2 along each fillet.
- Bring up 2 edges of pastry over the salmon to enclose.
- Brush the open ends with butter, and fold up and over to seal.
- Put on a baking sheet and brush with butter.
- Freeze on baking sheet for 2 hours.
- Store in freezer bag for up to 2 months.
- To cook from frozen, preheat oven to 200 degrees C, and heat a baking sheet.
- Once sheet is hot, put the frozen salmon pastries on the sheet and cook for 25 minutes until golden.
butter, red curry, lime, phyllo pastry, salmon
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/salmon-parcels-with-thai-butter-167394 (may not work)