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Valentines Day

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14/Feb/2006

Last year, Emma and I decided not to spend too much on Valentines Day gifts. We would get a card, a single gift, and have ourselves a decent meal. The food part was a home made salmon and prawn pie.
I bought Emma some chocolates. She bought me some 'day of the week' socks. Not just normal monday to friday socks, but these had saturday and sunday as well. They were from Marks and Spencers. You do expect a bit more from them.



Salmon and Prawn Pie

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14/Feb/2006

Makes two individual pies.

For the filling:
Finely dice two small onions and a clove of garlic and gently fry in a little olive oil. When the onions are soft, add a knob of butter. When that has melted add two tablespoons of plain flour and mix well to form a paste. Add some light chicken stock and stir to form a thick sauce. For extra flavour add a dash of thai fish sauce and a tablespoon each of chopped parsley and chopped capers.
Into two pie dishes add a layer of the sauce and then add layers of prawns, flaked salmon, adding a sprinking of peas as well.

For the pastry:
We used some ready rolled puff pastry to cover the pie dishes, and brushed the top with milk.

To cook - around 20 minutes in the oven at gas mark 6.