Ingredients

  • wild rice pilaf
  • 1/2 cup long grain white rice
  • 1/2 cup wild rice
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 cup low sodium chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup minced fresh onion
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 6 ounces fresh shiitake mushrooms, chopped
  • 2 sheets frozen puff pastry
  • 1 1/2 lbs king salmon fillets, skinless cut into 4 serving portions
  • 1 egg, beaten with
  • 1 teaspoon water
  • Dijon mustard tarragon sauce
  • 2/3 cup bottled clam juice
  • 1 1/4 cups whipping cream
  • 3 tablespoons fresh tarragon, minced
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

Method

  • Boil wild rice and bay leaf in water for 45 minutes. Drain.
  • Meanwhile, Melt butter in pan, saute mushrooms and onions until onions are soft and mushrooms release juices.
  • Add white rice and saute about 2 more minutes.
  • Add chicken broth and lemon juice, bring to boil.
  • Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 20 minutes.
  • Mix drained wild rice with cooked rice pilaf and cool.
  • Butter large baking sheet.
  • Roll out each sheet of pastry to 12" square.
  • Cut each sheet into 4 squares.
  • Mound rice evenly onto 4 squares.
  • Top each rice mound with salmon.
  • Fold up and seal the corners of each filled square (the edges will not cover salmon).
  • Place the remaining 4 squares on top of each of the 4 filled squares. Tuck corners under and pinch seams together.
  • Save any remaining rice for another use.
  • Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
  • Brush with egg mixture and bake at 400 for 30 minutes.
  • Serve with sauce.
  • This makes 4 large servings. For smaller servings, cut the fish into 8 portions and fill each of 8 squares with rice and salmon. Pull up corners of each square and pinch the seams, completely enclosing and sealing the filling. Bake for only 20 minutes.
  • For Sauce:
  • Combine whipping cream and bottled clam juice. Boil and reduce until thickend appx. 20 minutes.
  • Stir in dijon and tarragon.