Mostly Harmless

A couple of weeks ago, I picked up a copy of the Company’s Coming Table For Two cookbook. Alan and I don’t really do well with portions, so something with quantities explicitly designed for two sounded good for us. We’ve tried a few recipes so far, and this is my favourite so far:

• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh dill
• 1 minced garlic clove
• 1 tsp dijon mustard
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp grated lemon zest
• 2 puff pastry patty shells
• 10 oz salmon fillet, skin removed
• 2 lemon slices, about 1/4 inch thick
• 2 onion slices, about 1/4 inch thick

1. Combine first seven ingredients in medium bowl. Chill, covered, for 1 hour to blend flavours.
2. Place pastry shells on baking sheet. Bake on centre rack in 400 degree over for about 18 minutes until golden. Transfer to serving plates.
3. Place fillet on separate greased baking sheet. Arrange lemon and onion slices over fillet. Bake in 400 degree over for about 13 minutes until fillet flakes easily when tested with fork. Discard lemon and onion slices. Break salmon into small pieces with fork. Add to sour cream mixture. Makes about 1 1/2 cups. Fill shells with salmon mixture.
4. Garnish with dill.

Notes:
Alan made this for us. Isn’t that sweet? It was very tasty. He thinks that next time, he would use smoked salmon instead of cooking freshly, which would reduce cooking time. Otherwise, we liked it and would eat it again.