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First, make the dough for the basket: Sift the flour.
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Place the flour and salt in a large bowl.
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Mix.
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Rub the butter into the flour with your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
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Next add approximately 1/2 of the egg yolk and the water.
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Mix well your hands.
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Try to work quickly.
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Wrap the dough and chill for 10 -15 minutes.
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Now take the dough and roll out into a large square that is about 1/8 inch thick, using a rolling pin.
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Cut it into 5x3 inch rectangles (you should get about 15) using a pastry cutter or sharp knife.
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I made some little boat or leaf shaped moulds out of cardboard, covered with aluminum foil.
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Or you can use similar store bought molds (need to be a bit smaller than 5x3 inch size, to fit your dough rectangles).
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Grease moulds.
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Put the pastry rectangles into the greased moulds (use butter or coking spray) and make sure the dough goes up the sides as well.Then trim off the excess pastry.
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Prick the base with a fork to prevent air bubbles.
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Make the filling: In a pan heat 1/2 table spoon olive oil over medium high heat, add garlic and mix until slightly softened.
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Next add onion and salmon.
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Mix until onion is softened and everything is heated through.
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Add pepper and salt.
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Mix well.
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Place your prepared filling in the pastry boats and beat the egg.
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Brush the egg over the top of the filling.
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Bake about 20 minutes at 200C degrees or until the crust is golden brown.
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Remove from oven and let cool.
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After that decorate with colored mashed potatoes.
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Take a potato.
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Peel and boil it, covered with water, until potatoes are fork tender.
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Drain the water.
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Squash the potato with a potato masher or mixer.
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Add butter salt, white pepper and food coloring.
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Mix well.
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Put mashed potato mixture into a piping bag and pipe it on top of the filling, as Ive done in the photo above.
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The sails were made out of carrot (cut into rounds and stood up on top of the potato filling).
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See picture.
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Serve and enjoy.
