Poached Eggs And Smoked Salmon With Tarragon Bearnaise

• Blender Tarragon Bearnaise
• 2 tablespoons dry white wine
• 2 tablespoons tarragon vinegar
• 1 tablespoon minced shallot
• 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh tarragon
• 4 black peppercorns, lightly crushed
• 3 large egg yolks
• 2 teaspoons water
• hot pepper sauce
• salt
• 1/2 cup very warm to hot clarified butter
• 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh tarragon
• Poached Eggs and Salmon
• 8 large eggs
• 8 ounces smoked salmon, thinly sliced
• 4 crumpets or 4 English muffins, split in half,toasted

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/poached-eggs-and-smoked-salmon-with-tarragon-bearnaise-74139 (may not work)