Cottage Cheese And Salmon Flan Recipe
The Cottage Cheese And Salmon Flan is one of the dishes which often finds a place on my Labor Day celebration menu. It packs in the richness of pink salmon, mayonnaise, chives and dried dill. Just give this rich and flavorsome salmon flan a try and watch out for the praises coming your way.
Ingredients
1 75 g/6 oz/1 1/2 cups plain flour
Pinch of salt
75 g/3 oz/1/3 cup hard margarine, cut into pieces
Cold water, to mix
FILLING:
200 g/7 oz/1 small can of pink salmon
10 ml/2 tsp mayonnaise
2.5 ml/1/2 tsp dried dill
5 ml/1 tsp capers, chopped
1 egg
150 ml/1/4 pt/2/3 cup milk
100 g/4 oz/1/2 cup cottage cheese
15 ml/1 tbsp snipped chives
TO SERVE:
Coleslaw
Directions
Sift the flour and salt into a bowl.
Add the margarine and rub in with the fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
Mix with enough cold water to form a firm dough.
Knead gently on a lightly floured surface.
Roll out and use to line a 20 cm/8 in flan tin (pie pan).
Drain the salmon.
Discard any bones and skin, then flake and mix with the mayonnaise, dill and chopped capers.
Spread in the base of the flan case (pie shell).
Beat the egg, milk and cottage cheese together and season lightly.
Pour into the flan and sprinkle with the chives.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4 for about 40 minutes until set.
Leave to cool.
Wrap in foil.
Add the margarine and rub in with the fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
Mix with enough cold water to form a firm dough.
Knead gently on a lightly floured surface.
Roll out and use to line a 20 cm/8 in flan tin (pie pan).
Drain the salmon.
Discard any bones and skin, then flake and mix with the mayonnaise, dill and chopped capers.
Spread in the base of the flan case (pie shell).
Beat the egg, milk and cottage cheese together and season lightly.
Pour into the flan and sprinkle with the chives.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4 for about 40 minutes until set.
Leave to cool.
Wrap in foil.
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bahuja2001 says :
Salmon is my favorite food because of its healthy benefits. Would like to try this recipe.... :)
Posted on: 1 September 2011 - 1:26pm
Anonymous says :
Hi, this flan looks a delicious dish to include in the labor day menu. Could you please clarify this instruction to me? Does 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4 mean 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4?
Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4 for about 40 minutes until set.
Posted on: 1 September 2011 - 8:04am
