Inspired by the traditional beef dish, salmon, cheese, herbs, and lemon get wrapped up in packets of flaky puff pastry, and baked to golden perfection.
Heat oven to 400 degrees.
In a bowl, combine cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, lemon zest, lemon juice, wine, thyme, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Set aside.
Cut your salmon into 4 equal pieces. Set aside.
Unfold puff pastry and cut into 4 equal pieces.
To assemble
Place 1 piece of pastry on a lightly floured surface and gently roll it out with a rolling pin to form a rectangle.
Place 2 Tbsp of cream cheese mixture in the middle of the piece of pastry and carefully spread it out, stopping within ½ inch of the edges of the pastry.
Place a piece of salmon on the cream cheese mixture.
Drizzle the salmon with ½ tsp olive oil.
In a small bowl, whisk the egg.
Using a pastry brush, brush the edges of the pastry with beaten egg.
Fold the pastry over the salmon and press down on the edges to seal. Using a fork, crimp the edges to ensure a tight seal.
Repeat these steps with the remaining 3 pieces of pastry and salmon until you have 4 pastry packets filled with salmon and cheese.
Bake
Place salmon packets on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Cut slits in the top of pastry to vent.
Brush tops with remaining beaten egg.
Bake for 20-25 minutes.
Enjoy!
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