Grandmas Salmon Pie With Egg Sauce Recipes

SALMON PIE WITH EGG SAUCE

Steps:

• FOR PIE:.
• Melt olive oil, saute the onions until tender.
• Peel potatoes and cook in salted water until tender, mash them up.
• Flake salmon with liquids, incorporate with the mashed potatoes and cooked onions.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Place first pie shell in bottom of pie plate.
• Put potatoe salmon mixture.
• Place second pie shell on top, make incisions on top for steam.
• Beat egg, brush egg mixture all over pie. This will create a nice golden crust.
• Cook at 400o for 30 minutes.
• SAUCE:.
• Boil eggs in water for approximately 10 minutes. Remove shells, cut eggs in thin slices, put aside.
• Heat 2 cups of milk, reserve.
• In a heavy based saucepan, melt butter, whisk in flour and cook, stirring until the flour is foaming but not browned, about 1 minute.
• Off heat, add warm milk, whisk well, then bring to a boil, whisking constantly until the sauce thickens.
• Season with salt and pepper and nutmeg.
• Gentlly add sliced eggs, simmer slowly for 1-2 minutes.
• Slice salmon pie and serve with a generous amount of egg sauce on top.

FINNAN HADDIE WITH ONIONS & EGG SAUCE

Steps:

• Fish and onions should be cooked at the same time: Keep both warm while making egg sauce.
• This dish is served with hot mashed potatoes…enough for four servings.
• Fish: Cut the fish into strips and place it in a saucepan with water, bay leaf, enough to cover the fish.
• Bring the mixture to a simmer and cook for 20 minutes.
• Set aside, discard bay leaf, and use a fork to flake the fish into pieces.
• Place over low heat.
• Onions: In a large skillet, melt the butter with the oil over medium heat.
• Add the onion and cook, stirring, until the onions are golden brown and cooked through.
• Set aside warming and start egg sauce.
• Egg sauce: In heavy saucepan over low heat, melt butter.
• Stir in flour with a wire whisk.
• Cook over low heat for three minutes, stirring constantly.
• Do not allow the mixture to brown.
• Gradually stir in milk, whisking constantly.
• Cook over low heat for 3-5 more minutes until sauce begins to thicken.
• Season to taste then add chopped egg.
• Drain fish.
• To serve: Place a serving of onions on mashed potatoes, top w/ a serving of smoked fish.
• Pour egg sauce over fish/potatoes and garnish with green onion tops and pepper.
• Serve immediately.

SALMON WITH EGG SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450°F.
• Rinse the fish and pat dry with paper towels. Lay the fish on a large piece of heavy-duty aluminum foil. Put half the lemon slices inside the fish's cavity; place the remainder on top. Fold the foil to encase the fish, securing the ends sono liquid escapes during baking. Place the package in a large roasting pan.
• Bake for about 45 minutes, until the fish flakes easily.
• While the fish bakes, prepare the sauce. Melt the butter in a med saucepan over med heat. Stir in the flour to form a smooth paste. Cook for about 2 minutes, then slowly stir in the milk and continue cooking, stirring constantly, until the sauce thickens, about 2 minutes more. Add the parsley, eggs, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Divide the salmon into serving portions and spoon the sauce over each before serving.

4TH OF JULY SALMON WITH EGG SAUCE

Steps:

• DIRECTIONS FOR POACHED SALMON: In a very large skillet, bring 3 cups of water to a boil over medium-high heat. Add the onion halves, peppercorns, bay leaf, and 4 sprigs of dill. Add the salmon steaks in a single layer, making that they are covered by the liquid (add more water, if necessary.) Return the liquid to a simmer over medium-high heat; reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer the fish until the salmon is opaque throughout, 8 to 10 minutes. With a slotted spatula, remove the fish to a platter and cover loosely with foil to keep warm. Reserve the poaching liquid for the Egg Sauce.
• Make the Egg Sauce (directions follow).
• To serve, spoon the Egg Sauce over the salmon steaks and garnish each with a fresh dill sprig, if desired.
• DIRECTIONS FOR EGG SAUCE: In a small saucepan, bring a 1/2 cup of the chicken broth to a boil (do this as you are bringing the poaching liquid for the salmon to a boil). Reduce the heat and add the chopped carrots and chopped onions and cook for about 10 minutes, or until carrots are tender; drain the vegetables and discard broth.
• In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Whisk in the flour. Stir in the 1/2 cup of reserved salmon poaching liquid, the remaining 1/4 cup of chicken broth, and cream. Increase the heat to high and cook, stirring constantly, until sauce comes to a boil, about 1 minute.
• Whisk in the salt, pepper, and the cooked carrots and onion. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes.
• Gently stir in the chopped eggs and the chopped dill. Make about 2 cups.