Eggs in pots with smoked salmon

Recipes / Fish

Serve this gooey dish with crusty bread for a warming brunch, an easy dinner or Sunday breakfast.

Recipe «Eggs in pots with smoked salmon» presented in category Recipes / Fish, to prepare this dish you will need no more 30 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, 2 leeks, halved, thinly sliced, 1/2 cup frozen peas, thawed, 2 tsp lemon rind, finely grated, 2/3 cup light thickened cooking cream , 100g smoked salmon, cut into thick strips, 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves, 8 eggs , Extra fresh thyme sprigs, to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 
  • 2 leeks, halved, thinly sliced 
  • 1/2 cup frozen peas, thawed 
  • 2 tsp lemon rind, finely grated 
  • 2/3 cup light thickened cooking cream 
  • 100g smoked salmon, cut into thick strips 
  • 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves 
  • 8 eggs 
  • Extra fresh thyme sprigs, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan-forced. Grease four 1 1/2-cup-capacity ovenproof dishes.
  2. Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add leek. Cook, stirring, for 5 to 7 minutes or until tender. Stir in peas and lemon rind. Divide leek mixture among prepared dishes. Drizzle evenly with cream.
  3. Scatter over smoked salmon and 1/2 the thyme. Carefully crack 2 eggs into each dish. Place dishes on a baking tray.
  4. Bake for 20 minutes until egg is just set or until cooked to your liking. Season with pepper. Serve sprinkled with remaining thyme leaves and extra sprigs.