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Salmon Wellington

Modified: Jan 6, 2023 · Published: Jan 11, 2021 · by Ramona

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Salmon Wellington is known by many as salmon en croûte or puff pastry salmon is one of these superb-looking easy salmon fillet recipes that you can always choose to make and will not only please but wow any crowd.

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  • 🤷🏻‍♀️ What is salmon wellington?
  • ❗️Origins of salmon wellington
  • 💭 What is mushroom duxelles?
  • 🥘 Ingredients
  • 🔪 How to make salmon wellington
  • ❓Recipe FAQs
  • 📦 Storage
  • 🦀 Other seafood recipes you will love:
  • 📋 Salmon Wellington

🤷🏻‍♀️ What is salmon wellington?

Salmon Wellington is a savory dish and consists of a seasoned salmon fillet that is placed on a bed of cheesy sautéed spinach and wrapped into puff pastry or any homemade pastry dough, gets egg-washed, and lastly baked in the oven.

The outcome is simply beautiful. It is one of those dishes that is easy to make for entertaining especially when guests announce their visit at the last minute.

❗️Origins of salmon wellington

The origins of salmon wellington date back to Tudor times in England (mid-1400s to early 1600s).

It was beef Wellington then - a fillet of beef coated with pâté and mushroom duxelles that was also wrapped in pastry and baked. It was a very popular dish among the 'upper class'. I am very grateful this beautiful dish was invented then so we can enjoy it today. Could we call this an English dish? We could, right? It was such a very clever idea!

Later this Wellington dish idea became a subject of experimenting with other types of protein that were a little more affordable and this is how it arrived at the salmon idea.

💭 What is mushroom duxelles?

Duxelles consists of finely chopped mushrooms, onions (or shallots), herbs (thyme or parsley) salt, and black pepper, sautéed in olive oil or butter and reduced to a paste. Sometimes cream is added, and even a dash of Madeira or sherry for some extra flavors. It is delicious.

In this recipe, I just added the spinach with cheese but many times I add some nice chopped mushroom and that is beautiful too.

🥘 Ingredients

  • Salmon Fillet Look out for good wild-caught salmon, yes, it is pricier but it is so much better and nutrient-rich than the regular farmed salmon. It is also important that your salmon fillet is skinless. If the salmon is sold skin-on, ask the fishmongers to remove it for you.
  • Pastry If this is frozen it is important to take it out of the freezer on time to be at room temperature when working with it.
  • Egg wash It is an important one as it will make your salmon wellington look a real treat and a lot more attractive. Brushing will only take 30 seconds.
  • Spinach and creme cheese is a combo that is made in heaven that cannot be replaced although I sometimes add chopped mushrooms too. These also help with keeping the salmon nice and moist.
  • Lemon is added as the last thing just before serving for a touch of tanginess, freshness, and much needed with any protein, seafood, in particular, acidity.
  • Seasonings A combination of salt, pepper, nutmeg, and garlic, gives the dish the ultimate die-for flavors. Thyme is also nice to add if you like. Do not forget the nutmeg! This makes a true difference.

🔪 How to make salmon wellington

  1. First, sauté the onion with butter or oil or ghee, and garlic in a pan or in a skillet. Then add the cream cheese, spinach, and grated Parmesan.
  2. Roll and cut the thawed puff pastry which should be at room temperature to avoid the pastry cracking/breaking.
  3. Place the lightly seasoned salmon onto the puff pastry, add the spinach mixture on top and fold the puff pastry over the salmon.
  4. Transfer the salmon to the prepared (lined with parchment paper) oven tray, give it a good egg wash a sprinkle of sesame seeds and bake for approximately 30-40 minutes.

❓Recipe FAQs

What to serve with salmon wellington?


Any vegetables are great like peas, broccoli, carrot, cauliflower, spring greens, collard, Swiss chard, and grilled courgettes/zucchinis. Mushed potato or freshly made salads will be the perfect made-in-heaven match.

Can I make Individual salmon wellingtons?

You may also choose to make individual wraps with small fillets rather than whole large fillets. You should not use more than 100g fillets as the wraps could easily turn into giant portions with a lot of pastry.

Can I make salmon wellington ahead?


Making ahead this dish for easy entertaining is an option, here's how:
A few hours up to a day before:

Prepare it all like it's almost ready to make it to the oven just do not egg wash. Wrap it in cling film and store it refrigerated until ready to bake.

Place in a container or on a plate just in case you get some juices escaping. Egg wash just before going into the oven, a few hours later, or the next day.

More than a day before:
I totally do not recommend baking it and then freezing it, instead, get it all ready again, wrap in cling film and freeze it in an airtight container.

Take out of the freezer, remove all the wrapping place on a baking tray, egg wash and bake in a preheated oven adding 5-10 min longer than the original baking time.

Can I reheat it?

The salmon should be allowed to come to room temperature, then reheat in the oven at 180C or 360F for approximately 13 minutes. It needs to warm all through.

If you insist, it can be rewarmed in the microwave in no time, but I do not recommend it as the pastry will become soggy and the fish will dry out, which is exactly the opposite of what we want this dish to be like.

Crispy on the outside and moist inside. I would only consider the oven but yes, as a last resort, the microwave will help.

What pastry to use?

If you want to challenge yourself with making your own pastry, absolutely, go for it! It is not the hardest thing at all! I do encourage you to do it! Homemade pastry can be made in several ways and phyllo pastry is probably the most challenging one to make at home.
I do make my own pastry just like in this buffalo chicken bites when I have some extra time and that is very rewarding as at least you know the recipe it's made all from scratch.

📦 Storage

Place leftovers in an airtight storage container in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.

Freezing salmon wellington can be done and it is ideal to do it if you have a party coming but this has to be frozen uncooked.

Prepare the dish as directed through the point of scoring the top and do not add the egg wash on top. Place it on a plate or a baking sheet in the freezer until solid. Then, store in an airtight freezer-safe storage container in the freezer for a maximum of 3 months.

Salmon Wellington

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Salmon Wellington

📋 Salmon Wellington

Salmon Wellington, known by many as salmon en croûte is a delicious, yet simple to make, a dish that is loved by all fish lovers but not only, it makes the perfect entertainment meal or a family feast!
5 from 161 votes
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Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, Main Dish
Cuisine: English, Mediterranean
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
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Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 676kcal
Author: Ramona Sebastian
Cost: £8

Equipment

  • chopping board
  • knife
  • ovenproof dish
  • spatula
  • brush

Ingredients

  • 500 g salmon fillet (18 oz) skin off - preferably
  • 8 tbsp fresh dill (4 oz) freshly chopped
  • 1 pack filo pastry or homemade wholemeal pastry at room temperature
  • 1/2 tsp salt kosher or pink Himalayan used for both spinach and salmon to season
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg freshly ground
  • 400 g fresh spinach (14 oz)
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 40 g parmesan cheese (1.5 oz) grated
  • 1 med onion finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp olive oil or ghee
  • 1 tbsp sesame seeds I used mixed (black and white)
  • 1 small egg beaten
  • 2-3 tbsp cream cheese or heavy cream
Metric - US Imperial

Instructions

  • While making all the preps for this salmon Wellington dish, keep the salmon fillet in the fridge.
  • Place the oven rack in the centre of your oven. Preheat the oven at 200°C or 400°F. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
  • Place a larger frying pan over medium heat, add the olive oil or ghee, garlic and onion. Cook until translucent.
  • Add the spinach, salt, and pepper, nutmeg and cook until the spinach is wilted. Add cream cheese and cook until all juices have reduced, for approximately 4 min.
  • Add the parmesan, and dill and stir until well combined. Remove from heat and set aside.
  • On a chopping board, unroll and smooth out the sheet of puff pastry and place the salmon (skin side up) in the middle of the pastry sheet. Season both sides of the salmon with salt and pepper.
  • Spoon over the top of the salmon fillet the spinach mixture, spreading this equally over the salmon and smoothing it out so that it does not spill over the sides.
  • Fold the edges of the pastry over the salmon and spinach. Start with folding the longer sides followed by the shorter ones. Trim any excess pastry from the ends (if any) then fold the ends over the top. Flip the pastry-wrapped salmon over and transfer it to the prepared and parchment-lined baking tray.
  • Brush over the beaten egg covering well all the sides of the pastry. Use a knife to score the top of the pastry whatever pattern you wish to make. Brush with the leftover egg a little more. Sprinkle the sesame seeds.
  • Transfer the tray with the salmon into the oven and bake for 30 minutes at 200°C or 400°F or until the pastry becomes golden brown. I like it quite nice and brown but careful not to burn it.
  • When ready, take out of the oven, take the salmon out with a serving spatula place on a chopping board and cut into portions. Serve immediately and enjoy! Heavenly!

Notes

If you do not have cream cheese, use any runnier version like double cream or heavy cream but being runnier you have two alternatives : 
  1. Add it (in Step 3) and cook when the onion is almost done to reduce the runny cream.
  2. Add 1/4 cup breadcrumbs in step 4 after wilting the spinach and added the cream too. Add the breadcrumbs too. Will help with soaking up the cream. 

Nutrition

Calories: 676kcal | Carbohydrates: 68g | Protein: 42g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 119mg | Sodium: 1171mg | Potassium: 1346mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 9716IU | Vitamin C: 32mg | Calcium: 290mg | Iron: 8mg
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Comments

  1. Amy Liu Dong says

    January 18, 2023 at 9:06 am

    5 stars
    I love how delicious and easy to make this dish. My husband loves it!

    Reply
  2. Lilly says

    January 16, 2023 at 6:42 am

    5 stars
    So delicious! My family and I enjoyed the salmon. Will definitely be making it again

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      January 17, 2023 at 7:23 pm

      Thank you so much Lilly!

      Reply
  3. Amy Liu Dong says

    January 11, 2023 at 11:13 am

    5 stars
    Hands up to this recipe. It was so delicious and it is so easy to make!

    Reply
  4. Odette says

    December 21, 2022 at 5:23 am

    5 stars
    Hey Ramona, I made this salmon wellington for my family last night for Christmas eve, and what a delightful outcome! The mushrooms and the fresh dill, wow!! I would have never thought of combining these with salmon. All in all a wonderful, wonderful salmon recipe that I will be making often. Next time I will try making my own pastry. Thanks for this amazing recipe, Ramona!!

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      December 25, 2022 at 6:27 am

      Thank you so much dear Odette for your feedback. I am so soo happy you liked my salmon wellington recipe - we love it too and everyone that I have made it for. Merry Christmas to you and your family!

      Reply
  5. Susan says

    August 01, 2022 at 12:42 pm

    Do you think I could do individual servings? Would I cook it for the same Length of time?

    Reply
    • Ramona's Cuisine says

      August 01, 2022 at 1:01 pm

      Hi Susan,
      Thanks for stopping by.
      Yes, categorically, you can do individual servings and the cooking time will be roughly indicated by the size and the pastry - when the pastry is cooked you'll know that fish is cooked too. Just place the salmon wellingtons bang in the middle of the oven and you should cook at the same temperature indicated already as if too low or too high there will be chances that the salmon will remain undercooked.
      I hope this answers your question but please get back with feedback or more questions which I will be more than happy to answer to my best abilities 😉

      Reply
  6. Moop Brown says

    April 18, 2022 at 5:31 am

    5 stars
    This salmon looks incredibly juicy and flavorful. Definitely seems like a dish everyone will enjoy.

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      April 18, 2022 at 8:17 am

      thank you Marwin xx

      Reply
  7. Amy Liu Dong says

    April 17, 2022 at 10:32 pm

    5 stars
    An awesome Salmon recipe that everybody can try, definitely looks so yummy. Every ingredient we love is in this dish. I would love to make this at home.

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      April 18, 2022 at 8:18 am

      Thanks so much Amy!

      Reply
  8. Katie Crenshaw says

    April 17, 2022 at 6:29 pm

    5 stars
    I felt so fancy making this! It turned out awesome! My husband LOVED it! I will be making it again soon.

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      April 18, 2022 at 8:16 am

      Yay! Great, dear Katie, I am soo glad you loved it too.
      It is definitely a dish we adore over here.

      Reply
  9. Aya says

    April 17, 2022 at 5:03 pm

    5 stars
    We love salmon so I had to try this recipe. It turned out amazing and we devoured it! I will be adding salmon wellington to my menu from this day forward! Thank you!

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      April 18, 2022 at 8:17 am

      Thank you so much dear Aya, I am thrilled you loved my salmon wellington recipe!

      Reply
  10. Lisa says

    April 16, 2022 at 4:57 pm

    5 stars
    Absolutely delicious and a perfect special occasion entree. We love mushrooms so added the duxelles. We loved it!

    Reply
  11. Veronika says

    April 16, 2022 at 11:26 am

    5 stars
    This salmon wellington was amazing!! I love both salmon and filo pastry but somehow have never made this until now. The whole family enjoyed it so it's definitely going into our rotation.

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      April 18, 2022 at 8:12 am

      Thank you so much Veronika!

      Reply
  12. veenaazmanov says

    April 15, 2022 at 12:39 pm

    5 stars
    Too delicious to resist. My comfort meal and dish too. Love your recipe. Yum Yum Yum...

    Reply
  13. Amanda says

    April 15, 2022 at 12:33 pm

    5 stars
    What a great recipe for a special occasion! The presentation was beautiful and impressive, and the salmon came out perfectly cooked.

    Reply
  14. Devan says

    April 14, 2022 at 2:07 am

    5 stars
    I love traditional recipes like this. I never would have thought to try salmon wellington a.k.a salmon en croute but what a great idea. Thank you for the inspiration and your photos are awesome!

    Reply
  15. Mikayla says

    April 13, 2022 at 7:24 pm

    5 stars
    A pastry covered flank of salmon, oh my was this great. So simple to put together and cooks quite quickly as well.

    Reply
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