Maple-Mustard Salmon Twists with Buttery Puff Pastry
November 25th, 2023A Buttery, Golden Salmon Appetizer
This salmon appetizer is a twist on pigs in a blanket, featuring full-flavored strips of wild sockeye or coho salmon wrapped in store-bought puff pastry. For dipping, you’ll stir together an easy maple-mustard sauce — a sweet and zesty condiment that pairs nicely with salmon in a blanket. It’s a fun dish to serve at a small gathering.
The appetizer is easy to make, but it requires a little forethought since puff pastry needs to be thawed before use. To prepare the pastry, most products recommend you allow the pastry to defrost for a couple of hours in the refrigerator so that it’s just pliable enough to handle. To streamline the recipe, you can substitute a can of crescent rolls for puff pastry.
For the salmon in this recipe, it's best to remove the skin so that you're left only with the flaky strips of fish, as the skin won't have a chance to crisp up when baked in puff pastry. This video from the WAC recipe team demonstrates how easy it is to remove skin from salmon fillets.
Buttery Salmon Twists
By Wild Alaskan Company
Prep time
15 minutes
Cook Time
10 minutes
Total time
25 minutes
Yield
About 8 pieces
Ingredients
- 2 (6 oz.) portions coho salmon or sockeye salmon, skin removed
- Puff pastry rolled out to 1/8 inch thickness, then cut into approx. eight 1/4 inch-thick strips
- Salt
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons grainy dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 375F.
2. Pat salmon fillets dry with a clean kitchen towel or paper towel. Cut each fillet into about 4 strips so that you have approx. 8 total, depending on shape of fillets. Season with salt, then wrap a strip of puff pastry around each piece of salmon. Arrange on a sheet pan in a single layer.
3. Place in the oven for 20 minutes until cooked through and puff pastry is browned.
4. While salmon is baking, combine maple syrup, mustard, and olive oil in a small bowl. Season to taste with salt. Serve as a dip alongside salmon strips.
Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of food-borne illness, especially if you have a certain medical condition. The FDA recommends an internal temperature of 145°F for cooked fish.
