Ingredients

• 2 salmon fillets, skinned (approx 120g in weight each)
• handful of pine nuts, toasted
• 2 handfuls of fresh spinach, washed
• small block of feta
• a few fresh basil leaves
• squeeze of honey
• big knob of butter, melted
• 4 sheets of filo pastry
• handful of plain flour for dusting
• asparagus spears to serve
• 2 small potatoes to cut and roast
  
  

Recipe

preheat the oven to 180°C.
wilt the spinach in a dry pan with a tsp of water, cool and then squeeze out any extra water.
put the pine nuts, spinach, feta, basil and honey in a small blender and blitz until you have a rough paste. If you do not have a chopper, chop all the ingredients finely and mix together.
put two sheets of pastry on a floured surface, side by side, and brush with butter.
fold each sheet in half to make it double thickness.
slice each salmon fillet in half and lay one half of each at the bottom of each sheet.
put a dollop of the mixture onto each salmon fillet and place the other half of salmon on top to form a sandwich, then top with more paste.
roll up the pastry so the salmon should be wrapped about 3 times, tucking in the edges before you get to the end and sealing with butter.
brush with butter and place on a tray with greaseproof paper.
bake in the oven until golden brown and salmon is cooked, about 20 minutes.
serve with cooked asparagus and diced roasted potatoes.

serves 2