Friday, August 19, 2011

attempting eggs benedict

as a favourite brunch dish, we figured it would be best to have a shot at the food that makes us so fat and happy every brunch at Cafe Jack's: Salmon Benedict.

The basic structure goes (from the bottom):
Toasted Turkish
Smoked Salmon
Buttered Baby Spinach
Poached Eggs
Hollandaise Sauce

For the first attempt, definitely a success. Improvements for next time include:
Stacking it properly..
Working faster
Making even better hollandaise!

prepping all the bowls to make it
the hollandaise sauce was BY FAR the hardest thing to make.
you had to whisk eggs yolks over a warm bowl (not hot or it will cook), then add butter very slowly (cubed, one at a time) and keep whisking to avoid separation and curdling.. this alone took half an hour! Then you added some lemon juice with salt and pepper to taste :)
Prepping the plates :)

what it looks like cut open

finished product! :)

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