Smoked Salmon With Creamed Spinach and Poached Egg
- 1 pint heavy cream
- 2 10-ounce bags fresh spinach
- 2 tablespoons butter
- Salt, pepper and nutmeg to taste
- 10 eggs
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar, approximately
- 10 slices smoked salmon
- 10 sprigs dill
- Simmer cream to reduce by half.
- Wash spinach and steam in water that clings to leaves until done, five to seven minutes.
- Let drain thoroughly, pressing to remove moisture.
- Puree.
- Return to heat with butter and seasonings to taste.
- Stir in cream.
- Set aside.
- Poach eggs in water to cover with white vinegar.
- Butter pan so eggs will not stick.
- Plunge eggs into cold water to stop cooking.
- Trim off uneven edges.
- Set aside.
- These can be stored up to 24 hours in cold water in the refrigerator.
- To serve, bring eggs to room temperature and reheat in hot, not boiling, water.
- Reheat spinach.
- On each plate, arrange spinach with a slice of salmon, an egg and a sprig of dill.
heavy cream, fresh spinach, butter, salt, eggs, white vinegar, salmon, dill
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/10480 (may not work)