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Salmon and Potato Pie
Mimi
" A
favorite with our family, this French-Canadian dish has been passed down
from many generations. It's a simple dish that can be served with a
bechamel sauce. If you like salmon you will enjoy this pie. " |
Salmon and Potato Pie
INGREDIENTS:
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6 potatoes, peeled |
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1 small onion, minced |
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1 clove garlic, minced |
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1 tablespoon butter |
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1 (6
ounce) can red salmon, undrained |
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1 teaspoon dried thyme |
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1 cup milk |
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2 (9
inch) unbaked pie shells |
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1 to
taste salt and pepper |
DIRECTIONS:
- Preheat oven to 400
degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Bring a large pot of
salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still
firm, about 15 minutes. Drain, cool and chop.
- In a medium saucepan,
cook onions, garlic and butter over medium heat until vegetables
become transparent in color.
- Add onion/garlic
mixture, salmon and thyme to cooked potatoes. Mash all together with
milk, adding just enough to bring about a mashed potato consistency.
Spread evenly into pie shell.
- Place second pie shell
over top of salmon mixture. Cut slits into the upper shell, then pinch
edges of both pie shells together. Bake on lower rack of oven for 45
minutes.
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