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Food Friday - Smoked Salmon and Poached Egg Ciabattas

This week's Food Friday comes from James at James' caf茅 Bistro in Leicester.

Smoked salmon and poached egg, toasted ciabatta and pink grapefruit hollandaise

Ingredients

smoked salmon
2 x small ciabatta's/breakfast muffins/toast
1 x pink grapefruit
3 x egg yolks
splash of white wine vinegar
1tsp English mustard
50g butter (melted)
4 x eggs
cracked black pepper

Method

- Slice Ciabattas in half for toasting
- Put a pan of water on to boil for the eggs
- Zest the grapefruit into a heatproof bowl and add the egg yolks
- Squeeze the grapefruit juice into a small beavy-based pan and add the vinegar. Put on stove on medium heat and reduce by half. Strain
- With water on low simmer (NOT BOILING) place bowl of zest and yolks over (but not touching) the water and whisk until lighter in colour
- Slowly add warm juice/vinegar reduction, continually whisking
- Once combined and slightly thickened, add mustard and melted butter. Continue to whisk until thick and spoonable. If it's too thick, add very small amount of water.
- Remove bowl from heat
- Toast Ciabatta's
- Poach eggs
- Arrange smoked salmon on Ciabatta's then place poached eggs on top. Spoon over hollandaise and finish off with cracked black pepper

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Duration:

10 minutes