Dinner · 90 min · russian

Kulebyaka (Salmon Pie)

This is the kind of Russian dinner you’ll make on repeat — puff pastry and salmon fillets, 90 minutes, big payoff. It is weeknight cooking that still hits your targets — 36 grams of protein per serving. It scales cleanly if you are cooking for more than one.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 1 lb Puff pastry
• 1.5 lb Salmon fillets
• 1 cup Rice
• 3 Eggs
• 8 oz Mushrooms
• 1 Onion
• 3 tbsp Butter
• 1/4 cup Dill

Steps

1. Cook the rice until just tender and hard-boil the eggs; cool both so they do not melt the pastry on contact.
2. Saute the onion and mushrooms in butter until golden and all their liquid has cooked away — a wet filling makes a soggy bottom.
3. Roll the pastry into a large rectangle on a floured surface and layer rice, chopped eggs, mushrooms, and salmon down the center.
4. Season the salmon well, shower with dill, and fold the pastry over into a sealed loaf, crimping the edges.
5. Cut a few steam vents, brush with beaten egg, and bake at 400 degrees 30 minutes until deeply golden.
6. Rest 10 minutes before slicing — the filling sets as it cools and cuts cleanly.

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