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Potato & Salmon Surprise Packages
The potatoes on your dinner plate gain new importance when they are enclosed in crisp filo pastry! If you include a little smoked salmon and some camembert or brie, these tasty packages can form the main course itself, or, if you omit these, a potato and sour cream package makes a really interesting side dish. You can make edible ties from long chive leaves or bacon or ham rinds, but if this is not possible use string, in which case it should be removed before serving.
Serves 4 4 medium waxy or all purpose potatoes
(about 600g), cooked 8-12 slices (about 100g) smoked salmon 110g-125g camembert or brie-style cheese 1/4 cup sour cream or grated cheese 2-3 t fresh chopped herbs (dill, chives and
spring onions all work well with potatoes) 1/2 t salt 8 sheets filo pastry 25g butter melted, or 2 T olive or canola oil Edible ties or string (see above)
Preheat oven to 180°-190°. Slice or dice the cooked potatoes and place them in a medium-sized bowl.
Roughly chop the salmon and roughly dice the cheese and add these to the potatoes.
Add the sour cream, chopped herbs and salt, then stir gently to combine.
For each package, lay one of sheet of filo on a clean dry surface. Brush this lightly with melted butter or oil, then cover each with a second sheet of filo. Cut the sandwiched sheet in half crossways giving two squarish sheets. Stack the ‘sandwiches’ so you have a pile four
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Potato & Salmon Surprise Packages. layers thick, turning the top layer so the stack resembles an eight-pointed star.
Pile a quarter of the potato mixture in the middle, then gather up all four corners to enclose the potato. Tie up the corners with your choice of
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fastening so the package looks like a pouch. Gently fan out the corners. Repeat this process to make four packages.
Place the packages in a buttered sponge roll tin, then bake for 20-30 minutes until evenly browned.
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