Poached Eggs And Smoked Salmon With Tarragon Bearnaise Food

SMOKED SALMON SANDWICH WITH POACHED EGG

Steps:

• Fill a large saucepan with water, 1 1/2 inches below the rim. Put the pan on the stove over high heat until it reaches about 190 degrees F (88 degrees C) or until you start to see bubbles at the bottom of the pan. Pour white vinegar and salt into the water and stir to distribute. Reduce heat to medium-low.
• Crack egg into a custard cup. Carefully place the custard cup into the water and slowly tilt until egg is fully submerged, being careful egg does not fall into the water. Set a timer for 6 minutes and keep an eye on the egg as it cooks.
• Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over medium heat. Pour balsamic vinegar onto a flat plate and lay 1 piece of bread in the vinegar until coated. Repeat to coat the remaining piece. Place both pieces, vinegar-side down, in the hot skillet and cook until slightly charred, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Remove 1 piece bread to a plate, vinegar-side up. Top with garlic powder, pepper, and salmon. Carefully remove poached egg with a slotted spoon and place on top of smoked salmon. Top with remaining piece of bread, vinegar-side down.

POACHED EGGS AND SMOKED SALMON WITH TARRAGON BEARNAISE

Steps:

• Blender Tarragon Bearnaise: Combine ingredients through peppercorns in a small saucepan and simmer over low heat until reduced to 1 T; sieve, let cool and set aside.
• In a blender, blend eggs, water, hot pepper sauce and salt on high speed for 1 minute; with machine running, add butter in a slow, steady stream; sauce should be thickened, if not, process another 20 seconds.
• Add reserved wine reduction to taste and blend; taste and adjust seasoning and add tarragon, blend just to combine; serve immediately or keep warm by submerging blender jar in warm (not hot) water.
• Poached Eggs and Salmon: Poach eggs; plate 2 crumpet halves per person; lay a slice of salmon over each toasted crumpet half; place an egg on top of each and pour bearnaise over.

WHITE WINE POACHED SALMON WITH TARRAGON & CREAM (FOR ONE)

Steps:

• In a small skillet, melt the butter over high heat. Add the mushrooms and saute until they give off some liquid, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Pour the wine into a saucepan large enough to hold the salmon and bring to a simmer. Slip in the salmon, cover pan, and poach gently over low heat until the salmon tests done (it should appear opaque when pierced with the point of a knife), 8 to 10 minutes. Remove the salmon from the poaching liquid with a slotted skimmer and set aside on a warmed plate. Keep warm.
• Add cream and 1 tablespoon tarragon to the poaching liquid and reduce over high heat to a syrupy sauce. Add mushrooms and warm through. Spoon sauce over salmon and garnish with more tarragon and fresh lemon.
• Serve with rice and a glass of wine.

POACHED SALMON WITH TARRAGON SAUCE AND FINGERLING POTATOES

Steps:

• Make sauce:.
• Pick enough tarragon leaves to measure 1/2 cup (do not pack).
• Chop enough chives to measure 1/3 cup.
• Coarsely chop shallot.
• In a food processor puree tarragon, chives, and shallot with remaining sauce ingredients until smooth and season with salt and pepper.
• Sauce may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
• Bring sauce to cool room temperature before serving.
• Make Fish:.
• In a deep 10-inch skillet bring wine and water to a simmer, covered.
• Cut salmon into 6 pieces and season with salt and pepper.
• Submerge 3 salmon pieces, skin sides down, in simmering liquid (add hot water if necessary to just cover salmon) and poach at a bare simmer, covered, 8 minutes, or until just cooked through.
• Transfer cooked salmon with a slotted spatula to a platter to cool and poach remaining salmon in same manner.
• When salmon is cool enough to handle, peel off skin and if desired with a sharp knife scrape off any dark meat.
• Salmon may be cooked 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
• Bring salmon to cool room temperature before serving.
• Assemble:.
• Cut potatoes lengthwise into 1/8-inch-thick slices.
• In a steamer set over boiling water steam potatoes until just tender, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Spoon sauce onto 6 plates and arrange some potatoes in a circle, overlapping slightly, on top of sauce .
• Season potatoes with salt and arrange salmon on top of potatoes.
• Garnish salmon with peas.

POACHED SALMON WITH TARRAGON SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the yogurt, mayonnaise, onion, parsley, tarragon, salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Cover and refrigerate., In a large nonstick skillet, combine the broth, water, lemon juice, bay leaf and remaining pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; add the salmon. , Cover and poach for 8-10 minutes or until fish is firm and flakes easily with a fork. Remove from poaching liquid. Serve with tarragon sauce.

POACHED EGGS AND SMOKED SALMON WITH DILL BEARNAISE

Steps:

• Fill a large saucepan with water; bring to a boil. In a small saucepan, combine vinegar, wine, peppercorns, and shallot. Place over medium-high heat; cook until almost all the liquid is evaporated, about 2 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons water; reduce heat to low.
• Add yolks; whisk until thickened, about 4 minutes. Turn off heat; whisk in the butter until fully incorporated and the sauce thickens, about 3 minutes. Season with salt. Strain sauce into a medium heat-proof bowl; discard solids. Stir in dill. Keep bearnaise warm over very gently simmering water, whisking occasionally.
• Fill a shallow dish with warm water. Reduce heat under saucepan to medium, so water is just simmering. Break one egg at a time into a small heat-proof bowl. Gently tip bowl into water; carefully slide in egg. Repeat until all eggs are in saucepan.
• When first eggs become opaque, begin to remove them with a slotted spoon, in the order in which they were added. This process should take about 3 minutes. Transfer the eggs to the dish of warm water.
• Divide salmon into 8 portions; place each over a half of a toasted crumpet. Using a slotted spoon, remove eggs from warm water; set the spoon, with the egg inside, briefly on a clean cloth to drain. Gently place 1 egg on each crumpet; spoon dill bearnaise over the top. Serve two crumpet halves to each person, and garnish with snipped dill.