Open Faced Smoked Salmon Omelet Food

SMOKED SALMON OMELET

Steps:

• NOTE: This makes a great brunch dish with a tossed green salad.
• In a small bowl, stir together sour cream, mustard, and dill; set aside. In a small bowl stir together cream cheese and chopped smoked salmon; set aside. Spray an 8-inch non-stick frying pan with cooking spray. Heat pan over medium heat. Add 1/2 of the beaten eggs and cover. Cook for 2 to 4 minutes or until egg has set. Spoon 1/2 salmon mixture onto the half of the omelet away from the handle. Tilt the pan over serving plate and scoot the omelet out of pan, folding in-half as it slides out of pan. Repeat with remaining egg and salmon mixture.
• Drizzle omelet with dill cream mixture and garnish with caviar and chives if desired.

OPENED-FACED OMELET WITH LEMON-DILL CREAM CHEESE, SMOKED SALMON AND GRILLED ASPARAGUS

Steps:

• For the lemon-dill cream cheese: Mix together the cream cheese, dill and lemon zest and juice in a small bowl and season with salt and pepper. Cover and let sit at room temperature to allow the flavors to meld, at least 15 minutes.
• For the omelets: Heat a grill pan over high heat. Brush the asparagus with 2 tablespoons oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill the asparagus on all sides until slightly charred and crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Cut into thirds.
• Heat a 6-inch nonstick pan over medium heat and brush with some oil. Whisk together 3 eggs in a small bowl until light and fluffy. Add to the pan and cook, stirring constantly with a heat-resistant rubber spatula, until barely cooked, about 20 seconds. Stir in some salt and pepper. Flip and cook until just set, but not dry, and barely golden brown on the bottom, 10 to 15 seconds more. Slide the omelet onto a plate. Spread some of the cream cheese over the omelet and top with some of the asparagus and 3 slices of the salmon. Garnish with some dill fronds. Transfer to a plate and repeat with the remaining ingredients.

OPEN FACED SALMON SANDWICH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Toast the bread for about 5 minutes then set aside to cool.
• Combine half the salmon and all the cream cheese in a blender or food processor and puree. Spread a thin layer of the cream cheese mixture on each slice of bread. Spoon the remaining spread into a piping bag fitted with a star tip, if desired.
• Top each slice of bread with smoked salmon. Using a 3-inch oval cutter cut out about 16 sandwiches. Pipe rosettes of the cream cheese mixture onto each of the sandwiches, and then press parsley around the edge of each oval of bread.
• Arrange the sandwiches on 4 plates. Garnish the sandwiches with cucumber and salmon roe and serve.

SMOKED SALMON AND CREAM CHEESE OMELET

Steps:

• Heat 2 teaspoons of the butter in 8-inch omelet pan or skillet over medium-high heat until butter is hot and sizzling.
• Pour half of the beaten eggs (about 1 cup) into pan.
• As mixture begins to set at bottom and side, gently lift cooked portions with spatula so that thin, uncooked portion can flow to bottom.
• Avoid constant stirring.
• Cook 3 to 4 minutes or until eggs are thickened throughout but still moist.
• Spoon 1/4 cup of the cream cheese in dollops evenly over omelet; sprinkle with 1/2 cup of the salmon.
• Tilt skillet and slip pancake turner under omelet to loosen.
• Remove from heat.
• Fold omelet in half; let stand 2 minutes.
• Repeat with remaining ingredients.
• Cut each omelet crosswise in half to serve; sprinkle with chives.

LOADED OMELET

Steps:

• Preheat broiler. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté until translucent, about 4 minutes. Transfer onion to small bowl. Melt remaining 1 tablespoon butter in same skillet. Add eggs to skillet and season with salt and pepper. Cook until edges of omelet are set, about 1 minute. Lift edges of omelet and tilt skillet, allowing uncooked eggs to flow under cooked edges. Continue cooking until eggs are almost set, about 2 minutes. Sprinkle sautéed onion, green onions, cream cheese, smoked salmon and mozzarella over omelet. Broil until mozzarella melts, about 3 minutes. Cut omelet into wedges and top with caviar.

SMOKED SALMON OMELETTE

Steps:

• Gently beat the eggs together in a mixing bowl and season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Heat the butter in an omelette pan until foaming. Pour in the beaten eggs and cook for a few seconds, until the bottom of the omelette is lightly set.
• Push the set parts of the omelette into the uncooked centre of the omelette. Cook again, until the omelette has set further, then push the set parts into the centre of the omelette again.
• Repeat the process until the eggs have just set but the omelette is still soft in the centre.
• Place two-thirds of the smoked salmon into the centre of the omelette and cook for 30 seconds.
• Remove from the heat and tilt the pan slightly to move the omelette to the edge of the pan. Slide the omelette onto a serving plate, then shape it into a neat roll. Brush the omelette with olive oil and serve.

SMOKED SALMON OMELET WITH HERBS

Steps:

• Whisk sour cream and mustard in small bowl to blend.
• Whisk eggs, 2 tablespoons water, chives and tarragon in medium bowl to blend. Season egg mixture with salt and pepper.
• Melt 1 teaspoon butter in small nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add half of egg mixture and stir briefly. Let eggs begin to set at edges.
• Using spatula, lift edges and tilt pan, allowing uncooked portion to flow underneath.
• Cook until eggs are set but still moist, about 1 minute. Spread half of mustard mixture and half of salmon over half of omelet.
• Using spatula, fold unfilled portion over filling. Slide omelet out onto plate. Repeat with remaining butter, egg mixture and fillings to make second omelet.

SMOKED SALMON, ONION & DILL OMELET / OMELETTE

Steps:

• Crack eggs into a bowl. Add dill and season with salt and pepper.
• Use a fork to whisk until well combined.
• Melt butter in a small non-stick frying pan over medium heat.
• Cook onion in butter for 4 minutes or until soft,.
• Add the egg mixture and tilt the pan until it covers the base. As the omelet begins to set, lift the edge so the uncooked egg mixture can run underneath.Place 40g (2 slices) smoked salmon over half the omelet and cook for 2-3 minutes or until it is just set.
• Fold in half and slide onto a plate.
• Serve immediately with salad leaves.

ELEGANT OPEN-FACED SMOKED SALMON SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Toast bread slices in a toaster until golden and crispy, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Combine butter, scallion, parsley, and garlic in a small bowl.
• Spread each piece of bread with 1/2 tablespoon of herbed butter mixture. Layer with 2 slices of smoked salmon, followed by cucumber. Top with a squeeze of lemon juice. Cut on an angle and serve immediately.