I adapted this from a recipe in Olive - seduced by the pictures yet again. It's probably the easiest thing you could make for a dinner party, especially if you have guests who don't eat meat (but do like fish).
Apparently this is a traditional Russian pie, which is usually filled with salmon, or sturgeon. It makes enough for 6, especially if you err on the generous side with the rice.
You'll need
500g block of puff pastry (life is certainly too short to start making your own)
250g (ish) cooked rice
2 hardboiled eggs, chopped
zest and juice of 1 lemon
a very large handful of dill, chopped
2 large fillets of salmon
Stick the oven on at about 200 degrees C.
Cover the salmon with cold water, and bring to the boil. Simmer until the fish is nicely poached, and has turned pink throughout (it'll take maybe 5 minutes, depending on how thick your fillets are). Drain (you could keep the water for a fishy soup), and flake the fish into a bowl, checking for bones as you go.
Mix in the cooked rice, eggs, lemon zest and juice, and dill. The smell is to die for.
Divide your block of pastry in two, and roll each out into a large rectangle. Place one on your baking tray (on a silicon sheet or piece of greaseproof paper), and then carefully spoon the filling onto it, leaving a border round the edge.
Wet the edges/border of the pastry, and then place the other sheet of pastry on top. You'll need to press down the edges, so the filling can't escape. Cut a slit in the top to let the steam escape, and brush with a little milk to glaze.
Bake for 30 minutes, until the pastry is golden brown, and the filling piping hot.
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