Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound salmon fillet
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Lemon juice
  • 2 egg whites
  • 3 pounds spinach
  • 2 peeled shallots, chopped
  • 1/4 cup toasted pine nuts
  • 1/2 cup craisins
  • Olive oil
  • 1 quart port wine
  • 1/2 pound craisins
  • 1/2 pound butter

Method

  • Blend all ingredients together.
  • Saute spinach, shallots, pine nuts and craisins in olive oil at high temperature for a short period of time.
  • Take off heat, set aside to cool.
  • Combine wine craisins and butter.
  • Reduce to a syrupy sauce.
  • Puff pastry: 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, defrosted 1 egg yolk combined with 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • Assembly: Put pastry on a parchment lined sheet pan.
  • Place salmon mousse down the middle and top with spinach filling.
  • Roll pastry jelly-roll style.
  • Brush egg yolk over the entire surface and bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for about 40 minutes, or until golden brown.
  • Let empanada cool down.
  • Cut into 1-inch thick sections and serve each slice with a generous portion of cranberry port sauce.