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Make mushroom onion filling: Melt butter or margarine in skillet and saute onion until lightly browned.
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Add mushrooms and cook, stirring, until most of the liquid has evaporated.
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Season to taste.
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Remove to bowl and chill.
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*Fillingmay be refrigerated up to 2 days or may be frozen.
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Roll half the pastry on a floured board into a rectangle approximately 14 inches long and 12 inches wide.
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Cut into 4 rectangles.
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Repeat with remaining dough.
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Place salmon fillets on a greased baking sheet.
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Tuck the thinner parts of fillet underneath, making them all the same thickness.
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Divide mushroom onion filling among the fillets and spread evenly on top.
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Cover each with a rectangle of pastry.
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Tuck 1/2 inch of pastry under fillets; trim off excess dough.
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Do not cover the entire bottom with pastry or it will become soggy.
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Brush top and sides with egg yolk glaze, being careful not to let glaze drip.
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Re-roll scraps of pastry and cut out small decorations.
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Place on Wellingtons and glaze the entire pastry again.
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*Maybe refrigerated up to 8 hours.
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Make light white wine sauce: Place wine, vinegar and shallots or onion in medium saucepan.
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Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer until slightly thickened and reduced to approximately 4 tablespoons.
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Slowly whisk in the cream.
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Simmer, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens to desired consistency.
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This will take a little time, but as the water evaporates from the cream, it will thicken.
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Season to taste with salt and pepper.
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Stir in chives or parsley.
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Reheat before serving.
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If sauce becomes too thick, thin down with additional wine or cream.
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Serve hot.
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Before serving, bring Wellingtons to room temperature for 1 hour.
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Preheat oven to 425F.
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Bake Wellingtons for 20-25 minutes or until the pastry is golden.
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At this time, if the fillets are 3/4 inch thick, they will be moist and flaky.
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Spoon a small amount of sauce on each plate, place Wellingtons on sauce and pass remaining sauce.
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The Fine Art of Cooking involves personal choice.
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Many preferences, ingredients, and procedures may not be consistent with what you know to be true.
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As with any recipe, you may find your personal intervention will be necessary.
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Bon Appetit!