Creamy Smoked Salmon Scrambled Eggs Over Asiago Potato Pancakes Recipes

Steps:

• Reserve 2 slices of salmon for garnish. Chop the remaining salmon into very small pieces.
• Whisk your eggs and cream together. Add 1/2 of your chopped chives and season eggs with salt and pepper. Preheat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Melt butter in the pan and add eggs. Scramble eggs with a wooden spoon. Do not cook eggs until dry. When eggs have come together but remain wet, stir in chopped salmon. Remove pan from the stove and place on a trivet. Garnish the eggs with remaining salmon and chives and serve right out of the warm pan.
• Note: If you are serving these eggs with the other recipes provided as a brunch, a platter of store bought fruit filled dainties will complete your elegant brunch. Allow 1 dainty per person but halve dainties so that guests may mix and match varieties.

Steps:

• PREPARE POTATO PANCAKES:.
• Peel and coarsely grate the potatoes.
• Whisk together eggs, shallots, Asiago cheese, sliced green onions, flour, salt, pepper &, baking soda together.
• Stir in potatoes, mixing thoroughly but GENTLY.
• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• Spoon potato mixture into skillet.
• Forming pancakes about 3 inches in diameter.
• Cook 3-4 minutes, turning once, until golden brown.
• Repeat with remaining potato mixture, adding oil as necessary; keep warm.
• PREPARE SMOKED-SALMON SCRAMBLED EGGS:.
• Prepare pancakes, cover, and keep warm.
• Whisk together eggs, cream, and 3 tablespoons chives.
• Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• Cook eggs, stirring with a spatula, until they hold together but are still SOFT!
• Add cream cheese so that it melts into the eggs, to make them creamier.
• Add smoked salmon, and continue cooking 1 minute, until the eggs are cooked but still moist, DON'T OVERCOOK!
• Arrange 3 pancakes each on 4 individual serving plates.
• Spoon the eggs on top.
• Combine shallots and creme fraiche, and dollop on eggs.
• Sprinkle with remaining chives and pepper.
• ENJOY!

Steps:

• Peel the potatoes, then cut them lengthwise in long matchsticks, using the finest julienne blade of a mandoline. Spread the potatoes out neatly in one layer on a clean kitchen towel or paper towels, roll the towel up, and squeeze lightly to dry the potatoes without breaking them up. Put the potatoes into a bowl and toss them with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a small (8-inch) omelet pan (a saute pan with sloped sides) over medium heat. Add half of the potatoes to the pan and press lightly with a large metal spatula to make the shreds lie flat. Cook them undisturbed for 5 minutes. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of the butter around the edge of the pan and cook the potatoes for another 3 to 5 minutes, until nicely browned on the bottom. Loosen the galette gently around the edge with the metal spatula and flip it over. (Be careful! The oil and butter underneath are very hot!) Add another tablespoon of butter around the edge and cook the galette for 4 to 5 minutes longer, until the second side is nicely browned. With the metal spatula, transfer the galette to a paper towel-lined plate and set aside. Repeat with the rest of the potatoes and butter to make a second galette.
• Place the two galettes on a cutting board. Spread each galette with 2 tablespoons of the creme fraiche and a layer of smoked salmon, covering the galette completely. Sprinkle with minced chives and sprinkle lightly with salt. Use a large chef's knife to cut each galette into 6 wedges and serve hot.

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk together starch with 1 1/2 tablespoons water until no lumps remain. Add half the butter cubes to starch mixture. Add eggs and salt, and whisk, breaking up any cubes of butter that have stuck together, until the eggs are frothy and homogenous. (There will still be solid chunks of butter in the eggs.)
• Set your serving plate near the stovetop. Heat 1 tablespoon water in a 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high, swirling gently until the water evaporates, leaving behind only a few small droplets. Immediately add the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and swirl vigorously until the butter is mostly melted and foamy but not brown, about 10 seconds.
• Immediately add the egg mixture and cook, pushing and folding the eggs with a spatula, until they are slightly less cooked than you'd like them, about 1 to 2 minutes, depending on doneness. More vigorous stirring will result in finer, softer curds, while more leisurely stirring will result in larger, fluffier curds. Immediately transfer to the serving plate, and serve.