Salmon in Puff Pastry Recipe - Happy Foods Tube (2024)

Salmon in puff pastry is a delicious meal that has a quick prep and requires only a few ingredients. Topped with herbed cream cheese and wrapped in rich flaky pastry, these salmon puff pastry pockets are everyone’s favorite!

This post includesanswers to FAQ’s about making baked salmon in puff pastry for easyunderstanding as well as serving suggestions and more salmon recipe ideas.

After seeing frozensalmon in puff pastry in our local supermarket, I couldn’t wait to get home totry it. Believe it or not, salmon wrapped in puff pastry is very easy to make,but for better understanding I included some process photos as well.

By the way, you might know this dish under a different name – salmon en croute, puff pastry salmon or salmon wellington.

Howto make salmon in puff pastry with cream cheese

Prep is relatively quick once you gather all the ingredients. Pat the fish dry and season each fillet on both side with salt and pepper. Don’t over-season the fish as the cream cheese contains some salt already.

Some frozen filletsare ready salted so make sure to check this. If they are, I’d suggest you omitthe salt completely.

Then, mix the cream cheese filling with dill and a pinch of black pepper. You can add lemon (optional) as well.

Place a fillet onto a sheet of rolled-out puff pastry, spread half of the cream cheese mixture over and cover with the remaining puff pastry. Repeat with the second salmon fillet.

You have to seal theedges well with a fork – it’s like making hand pies. There is no need to piercethe pastry.

Brush some melted butter with milk over and they are ready to go in the oven.

Howlong to bake salmon in puff pastry?

The baking time forthese puff pastry salmon pockets can vary. This will depend on many things. Afew of them are the thickness of the fillets, your oven, and type of puffpastry you use (they may vary from brand to brand).

For that reason,please take the cooking time as a guide only. You will have to check it duringcooking to see if it is ready, especially when making it for the first time.

I normally bake them at 400° Fahrenheit (200° Celsius) for about 20 minutes. If you are not sure whether your salmon is cooked through, use a food thermometer to check its internal temperature (it should be minimum of 145° Fahrenheit/63° Celsius in the thickest part of the fish).

Don’t take them out, if you see that the pastry is not puffed and flaky. It should look golden brown on top as well as on the bottom.

Whatto serve with salmon in puff pastry?

There are manyoptions that go well with baked salmon. Here are a few:

• Steamed Veggies (We love Instant Pot Broccoli with olive oil and seasoning, but you can use other vegetables).
• Tossed salad – it’s refreshing and together with one of the below mentioned side dishes you will create a complete and filling meal.
• Quinoa – Cooked quinoa (any color) work well with these salmon wellington pockets.
• Couscous or orzo.
• Potatoes – Parmesan Roasted Potatoes are my favorite.
• Roasted vegetables like Asparagus with Parmesan.

Tipsfor making the best puff pastry salmon

• You can use any puff pastry available in your local store (or the one you have experience with and works well for you). It can be fresh or thawed. Either way it should be well chilled. If it is not pre-rolled, you will need to roll it out so it is not way too thick.
• For 2 salmon fillets (weighing 4.5-ounce/125 grams each) you should count with ½ pound (225 grams) of pastry. For extra large fillets you might need more.
• This salmon in puff pastry recipe can be easily doubled/tripled or halved. Note that the pockets will be quite large and I usually fit 2–3 on my tray. This means you might need to bake them in 2 batches when doubling or tripling the recipe.
• You can substitute fresh dill with fresh chives.
• I used a mixture of milk and butter which I used to brush my salmon wellington with. You can use egg wash instead (1 egg should plenty for up to 4 pockets).
• Each salmon in puff pastry pocket is quite large once filled and baked, so it should feed 2 people.
• The salmon I bought comes from a farm (unfortunately, there is no other option to buy in our local supermarket). If you can, try buying wild salmon. If you would like to read more about the difference between the two, here is an interesting article: Wild salmon versus farmed salmon, that you might find helpful.

If you liked thissalmon in puff pastry, you might also like some of these Salmon Recipes:

• Salmon Soup
• Honey Glazed Air Fryer Salmon
• Grilled Salmon Foil Packets
• Orange Glazed Salmon