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Pâté au Saumon

Name: Pâté au Saumon
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 recipe double pie pastry (2 crusts); 1 lb fresh salmon fillet, skinned and cut into chunks; 2 potatoes, peeled and diced small; 1 onion, chopped; 2 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp all-purpose flour; 1 cup milk or cream; 1 tbsp chopped fresh dill or 1 tsp dried; 1 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 1 egg, beaten, for brushing

Pate au Saumon recipe: a double-crusted salmon pie with tender potato and onion in a creamy sauce – delicious coastal comfort from Quebec’s Gaspe Peninsula.

⏱ 15 minPrep time

🔥 30 minCook time

🍽 4Servings

🏷 DinnerCategory

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Pâté au saumon comes from the Gaspé Peninsula and the shores of the St. Lawrence, where salmon was so abundant it was salted or canned to carry families through the winter. Home cooks would fold the fish into a creamy potato-and-onion filling and bake it under a flaky crust — a practical, delicious way to stretch a prized catch.

What makes it great is that gentle, satisfying combination: sweet, flaky salmon, buttery potatoes, and soft onion in a silky sauce, all tucked into golden pastry. It’s elegant enough for company and homey enough for a weeknight — serve it with a green salad and a squeeze of lemon.

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Step by stepInstructions

Preheat the oven to 375°F and line a 9-inch pie plate with one round of pastry.
In a skillet, melt the butter and cook the onion and potatoes over medium heat until the potatoes are just tender, about 10 minutes.
Sprinkle the flour over the vegetables, stir for 1 minute, then whisk in the milk and cook until the sauce thickens.
Fold in the salmon chunks, dill, salt, and pepper gently, and let the filling cool slightly.
Pour the filling into the crust, top with the second crust, crimp the edges, and cut steam vents.
Brush with beaten egg and bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until the crust is golden and the filling is bubbling, then rest 10 minutes before slicing.

💡 Chef tips & storage

Cook the potato and onion until just tender before adding the salmon so everything finishes together in the oven. Don't over-stir the filling — you want nice flakes of salmon, not mush. Serve warm with lemon wedges on the side.

Recipe details

Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Servings4

CategoryDinner

PublishedAugust 17, 2026

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