Rice, long-grain white
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½ cup
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Butter, unsalted
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2 tablespoons
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Leeks, white & pale green parts
only, minced
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½ cup
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Mushrooms, shiitake, stemmed, chopped
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6 ounces
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Salt
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Pepper, freshly ground
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Puff pastry, thawed
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17 ¼ ounces
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Salmon fillet, skinless, cut into 4 ounces pieces
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24 ounces
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Egg, beaten
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1 large
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Water
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1 tablespoon
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Clam juice
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2/3 cup
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Wine, dry white
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½ cup
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Crème fraîche
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1 ¼ cups
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Dill, fresh, minced
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3 tablespoons
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- Bring a medium saucepan of salted water to a boil.
- Add the rice; boil uncovered until just tender, about 18 minutes; drain.
- Melt the butter in a medium skillet over medium-low heat.
- Add the leek and sauté until beginning to soften, about 4 minutes, and then add the mushrooms.
- Cover the skillet, and cook until the mushrooms release their juices, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes; uncover the skillet.
- Increase heat to medium-high, and sauté until the liquid evaporates, about 3 minutes.
- Transfer to a bowl with the rice; season with salt and pepper, and cool completely.
- Butter a large baking sheet.
- Roll out one pastry sheet on a floured surface to 12-inch square; cut into four equal squares.
- Divide the rice mixture among the centers of each square, mounding in an oval shape with ends pointing toward two corners of the pastry.
- Set the salmon atop the rice, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Bring the pastry corners up around the salmon (the pastry will not enclose the salmon completely).
- Roll out the remaining pastry on a floured surface to a 13-inch square.
- Cut into four equal squares.
- Lay one square atop each salmon fillet, tucking corners under the bottom pastry to enclose the salmon completely.
- Combine the egg and 1-tablespoon water in a small bowl.
- Pinch the edges together to seal, brushing with the egg wash, if necessary, to adhere.
- Arrange the salmon packages, seam side down, on the prepared baking sheet.
- Cover and chill for 30 minutes. (Can be made 8 hours in advance; keep chilled.)
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- For the sauce, combine the clam juice and wine in a small saucepan.
- Boil until reduced to 1/3 cup, about 9 minutes.
- Reduce heat to medium, and whisk in the crème fraîche.
- Boil until reduce to 1 cup, about 5 minutes; remove from heat.
- Stir in the dill; season with salt and pepper.
- Brush the top of each pastry with the egg wash.
- Bake until golden and a thermometer inserted into the fish registers 145°F, about 30 minutes.
- Serve with the dill sauce and a glass of chilled champagne.
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