Fillet of Salmon in Filo Parcels with Dill Butter

Name: Fillet of Salmon in Filo Parcels with Dill Butter
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 sheets of filo pastry; 4 salmon fillets, skinned and bones removed, each weighing 4–6 oz/120–150 g; Freshly ground black pepper; A good handful of dill fronds, finely chopped; 1 tsp lemon juice; 2 oz/56 g butter, melted; 4 oz/112 g butter

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Claire Macdonald Cookbook

By Claire Macdonald

Published 1997

About

This is a most convenient main course as well as being quite delicious. But it is a filling dish, and I prefer to serve two vegetables, such as steamed sugar snap peas and, perhaps, lemon-glazed carrots; potatoes are, I think, surplus to requirements. But that is a decision only you can make.

Ingredients

4 salmon fillets, skinned and bones removed, each weighing 4–6 oz/120–150 g
4

Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Make the dill butter by beating the 4 oz/112 g butter until soft and creamy. Add the chopped dill, lemon juice and pepper. It should be spreadable.

Lay a sheet of filo on a work surface and b