Baked Salmon in Puff Pastry with Mushroom Duxelle - Fancy Schmancy! Recipe
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The photo of this dish does not do it justice. I served this delicious salmon dinner for our Christmas Eve Dinner. I am just getting around to posting it because I wasn't happy with the final photo. It's really hard to set up a good shot, when you have six dinner guests and all of us have been imbibing in some holiday spirits! With Valentine's Day coming, it seems perfect timing to show you how simple and impressive this is to make.
I'm a big fan of Beef Wellington, but one of our dinner guests doesn't eat red meat. I decided to make Salmon En Croute (or Salmon Wellington) using puff pastry. Mushroom Duxelle is a traditional filling for these beautiful puff pastry dish, so let me show you how easy it is to make:
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