Coulibiac: from Russia to France

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The classic coulibiac (kulebiaka, in Russian transliteration) is a French adaptation of a Russian salmon dish.

Traditionally made with fresh salmon, rice, mushrooms and shallots, hard-cooked eggs and dill, the dish is wrapped en croute in a crisp swaddling of a brioche-like pastry and is usually oval-shaped and made in a variety of sizes.

Pictured here, from his Instagram, is Jonathan Gushue’s koulibiac prepared with wild-caught Chinook salmon, the largest species of Pacific salmon.

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