Smoked Salmon Pie

Name: Smoked Salmon Pie
Yield: Serves Eight
Ingredients: 200 g/7 oz butter; 275 g/10 oz plain flour; 2 egg yolks; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese; 2 tablespoons iced water; 2 large sprigs fresh dill leaves or 2 teaspoons dill seeds; 1 large clove garlic, crushed; 225 g/8 oz smoked salmon, finely chopped; 2 large sprigs fresh dill leaves or 2 teaspoons dill seeds; 2 large slices white bread, made into crumbs; 75 g/3 oz butter; 50 g/2 oz grated Gruyère cheese or strong Cheddar; 50 g/2 oz grated Gruyère cheese or strong Cheddar; beaten egg for glazing; salt and freshly ground black pepper; lemon juice; 2 (142-ml/5-fl oz) cartons soured cream; salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
Eight

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking for Friends

By Prue Leith

Published 1978

About

Ingredients

For the Pastry

275 g/10 oz plain flour
200 g/7

Pie
Fish course
Starter
Pescatarian

Method

First make the pastry. Sift the flour into a bowl. Make sure that the butter is soft but not sloppy. Use floured hands and a knife to cut the butter into tiny pieces and mix into the flour. Mix together in a teacup the salt, egg yolks, and 2 tablespoons icy water. Using first the knife and then one hand mix this into the flour and butter mixture, and lightly form into a soft dough. If the pastr