CRUSHED POTATOES WITH HOT SMOKED SALMON, POACHED EGG AND HOLLANDAISE
Ingredients
- 100g/3½oz new potatoes
- cooked hot
- 1 tsp wholegrain mustard
- small bunch of fresh chervil
- chopped
- 55g/2 oz smoked salmon
- 15g/¼oz butter
- 100g/3½oz baby spinach leaves
- 1 free-range egg
- for poaching
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 2 free-range egg yolks
- 3 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 110g/4oz butter
- melted
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tsp lumpfish roe
Directions
- In a clean bowl
- crush the potatoes with the back of a wooden spoon until mashed.
- Add the mustard and chervil and season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Placea 10cm/4in chefs' rings onto a plate and top the potato with the smoked salmon.
- For the spinach
- gently melt the butter in a frying pan over a medium heat
- add the spinach and cook for 1-2 minutes or until the spinach has wilted.
- For the poached egg
- bring a large pan of water to the boil and add the white wine vinegar. Whisk the centre of the water to create a whirlpool. Crack the egg into the whirlpool and leave to poach gently for four minutes
- or until set. Carefully remove with a slotted spoon.
- For the hollandaise sauce
- place the egg yolks into a food processor. Place the vinegar into a saucepan over a high heat and reduce down to one tablespoonful.
- Add the vinegar to the egg yolks in the food processor and blend
- while gradually pouring in the melted butter with the motor running
- to form a thick sauce.
- Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Add the lumpfish roe and stir.
- Place the spinach into the centre of a serving plate. Place the chefs' ring with potato and spinach on top
- then carefully remove the ring. Place the poached egg on top and spoon over the lumpfish hollandaise.
- Serve immediately.

