Smoked Salmon with Pearl Onions Baked in Filo Dough

INGREDIENTS:

Number of servings

Serves 4

Main

1 sheet of Filo dough, (a very fine pastry found in the freezer section of most grocery stores)

2 large pearl onions, sliced

8 slices smoked salmon

The sauce

1 apple

¼ cup capers

2 tbs. crème fraîche

1 tbs. Dijon mustard

¼ cup dill, finely chopped

Salt and pepper

PREPARATION:

• Pre-heat the oven to 440 Fahrenheit (225 Celsius).

• Roll out each filo dough sheet to double its size. Split it down the middle.

• Fry the onion in a little butter and oil. This should not change its colour, only make it become soft (its flavour will become a bit milder).

• Divide the onion between the sheets of Filo dough, and bake it in the oven for about 15 minutes. The dough should rise, become crisp and turn a bit golden in color.

• Prepare the sauce. Peel the apple and slice it thinly. Mix it with the capers and dill in a bowl. Stir in the mayonnaise and Crème fraîche. Season with salt and pepper.

• Remove the dough from the oven, place the salmon over it and finish it off with dabs of the apple-caper sauce.