Creamy Eggs With Smoked Salmon On Brioche Food

SCRAMBLED EGGS WITH SMOKED SALMON

Steps:

• Reserve 2 slices of salmon for garnish. Chop the remaining salmon into very small pieces.
• Whisk your eggs and cream together. Add 1/2 of your chopped chives and season eggs with salt and pepper. Preheat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Melt butter in the pan and add eggs. Scramble eggs with a wooden spoon. Do not cook eggs until dry. When eggs have come together but remain wet, stir in chopped salmon. Remove pan from the stove and place on a trivet. Garnish the eggs with remaining salmon and chives and serve right out of the warm pan.
• Note: If you are serving these eggs with the other recipes provided as a brunch, a platter of store bought fruit filled dainties will complete your elegant brunch. Allow 1 dainty per person but halve dainties so that guests may mix and match varieties.

SCRAMBLED EGGS, WITH SMOKED SALMON IN BRIOCHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and heat brioche. Meanwhile prepare the eggs.
• Put the eggs in a blender with salt, pepper and four tablespoons of butter. Blend until frothy.
• Heat the remaining butter in a thick skillet over low heat. Stir the salmon and dill into the eggs and add the mixture to the skillet. Cook very slowly, stirring until the eggs are cooked soft and not dried out. Meanwhile, remove the brioches from the oven, cut off the tops and scoop out the insides. Keep the brioche warm.
• Fill the centers of the brioches with the egg mixture and cap with the brioche lid. Serve immediately.

SMOKED SALMON PâTé WITH TEAR & SHARE BRIOCHE BUNS

Steps:

• To make the buns, put the flour in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook. Add the chives and salt on one side of the bowl, and the sugar and yeast to the other. Mix each side into the flour with your hands, then mix everything together using the dough hook. Tip the milk into a small pan and warm over a low heat until warm to the touch, but not hot. Slowly mix into the dry ingredients until combined. Lightly beat 3 of the eggs. With the motor on medium speed, slowly add the beaten egg and mix for 10 mins, then add the butter, one or two cubes at a time, until combined - this will take another 5-8 mins. Scrape the sides of the bowl down. The dough will be very soft at this stage.
• Scrape the dough into a large bowl, cover with a clean tea towel, and leave to prove for 1 hr 30 mins-2 hrs until doubled in size. Once the dough has risen, chill for 1 hr.
• Put the salmon, soft cheese and mustard in a food processor and pulse several times until the salmon is coarsely chopped. Transfer to a bowl and stir in half the capers, the dill and the lemon zest and juice. Season, then chill until needed.
• Line a large baking sheet with baking parchment. Tip the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface, and divide into 18 equal-sized balls (weigh for accuracy, if you like). Butter the outside of a 12cm ovenproof bowl. Place the bowl in the middle of the baking sheet and arrange the dough balls around it, leaving a 2cm space between each for spreading. Cover with a tea towel and leave in a warm place to prove for 30-35 mins until doubled in size.
• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Beat the remaining egg, then lightly brush it over the dough balls. Bake for 25-30 mins until golden and risen. Leave to cool on the sheet for 20 mins, then carefully remove the bowl (you may need to run a knife around it to release it). Spoon the pâté into a small bowl, place it in the gap in the middle of the buns, then top with extra dill, a grinding of black pepper and a drizzle of olive oil. To serve, tear the buns from the ring and spread with the pâté.

SMOKED SALMON SCRAMBLE CROISSANTS

Steps:

• Heat the grill. Split and lightly toast the croissants. Meanwhile, make the scrambled eggs. Melt the butter in a frying pan. Beat and season the eggs and scramble lightly in the pan. When the eggs are just cooked, but still soft, stir in the double cream and chopped chives.
• Fill each croissant with a few slices of smoked salmon and the creamy scrambled egg. Sprinkle with some black pepper and extra chopped chives.