Salmon, Couscous and Dill Parcels
Recipe: #15533
November 02, 2014
Categories: Salmon, Couscous, Christmas, Mothers Day, Sunday Dinner, Oven Bake, Diabetic, Heart Healthy, Zucchini, more
"From Australian Better Homes and Gardens Diabetic Living. The recipe is for 2 as a main but you could halve on the diagonal and serve 4 as an entree/starter. Suggested you serve with steamed greens but personally I think I would prefer a simple green salad."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (736.6 g)
- Calories 715.1
- Total Fat - 25.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 6 g
- Cholesterol - 94.2 mg
- Sodium - 517.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 77.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 8.3 g
- Sugars - 30.7 g
- Protein - 46.6 g
- Calcium - 193 mg
- Iron - 5.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 105.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.8 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 190C (fan forced).
Step 2
Line a baking tray with baking paper.
Step 3
Put stock and water in a small saucepan and bring to the boil over a medium heat.
Step 4
Remove pan from the heat and add couscous and cover and set aside for 3 minutes.
Step 5
Using a fork, separate the grains and then trasfer to a medium bowl and set aside for 10 to 15 minutes to cool slightly.
Step 6
Add succhini, lemon zest, lemon juice, dill, shallot and olives to the couscous and season with pepper and toss to combine.
Step 7
Place 1 pastry sheet on a dry surface and spray with cooking spray and then top with another pastry and repeat this process until all 4 sheets are used.
Step 8
Cut pastry stack in half crossways.
Step 9
Spoon couscous mixture onto centre of each pastry stack and top with salmon.
Step 10
Fold in sides of pastry and roll up and put pastry seam side down ont he baking tray.
Step 11
Spry with cooking spray and sprinkle with poppy seeds or sesame seeds, if you like.
Step 12
Bake for 15-20 minutes or until pastry is golden brown and the salmon is just cooked.
Step 13
Serve the parcels with the suggested steamed broccoli and snow peas or a simple green salad.
Tips
No special items needed.