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Eggs en cocotte with smoked trout

Adapted from Australian Gourmet Traveller

This is a fabulous breakfast treat. Savoury and tangy. Serve with a toasted baguette and lemon wedges.

Time

15 minutes total: 5 minutes attended, 10 minutes unattended

Difficulty

easy 

Yield

800 g (servings 4 )

Ingredients
Weight
Volume
Procedure
A
Butter
as needed
1
Pre-heat oven to 180°C / 356°F.
2
Generously butter 4 shallow, 1-cup capacity ovenproof dishes.
B
Smoked trout, coarsely flaked
250 g
2 fillets
3
Place 62 g in each dish A.
4
C
Crème fraïche
100 g
½ cup
Mustard, dijon
20 g
3 tsp
Chives, finely chopped
6 g
2 tbsp
Dill, finely chopped
5 g
2 tbsp
Parsely, flat-leaf, finely chopped
3.5 g
2 tbsp
Celery salt (optional)
1.1 g
¼ tsp
White pepper
0.3 g
⅛ tsp
Salt
0.8 g
⅛ tsp
5
Combine.
6
Place 33 g in each dish A. Smooth evenly over the trout.
7
Place dishes in a roasting pan.
D
Eggs
420 g
8 large
8
Break 2 into each dish.
E
Hot water
as needed
9
Add to roasting pan to ⅔ up the sides of the dishes.
0
Bake for 14 minutes.
F
Black pepper (optional)
to taste
-
Garnish
=
Serve immediately.

Original: 2010. Adapted: 2013.

Notes

This dish is served in shallow, oval-shaped dishes (see photos).

You can double the amount of mustard without negative effect.

If you are feeling particularly hungry, you can add an extra egg, though the dish will be very full.

Watercress is botanically related to mustard and BBC Food Writer, Carol Wilson, likes to serve it with sea trout. Is there a way to incorporate a bit of watercress into this dish? Perhaps it makes a nice garnish or finely chopped in with the herbs in C. If you try it, let us know.

Making ahead

Flake the smoked trout fillets B; this is a fiddly job and requires attention to detail because nobody likes fish bones. Pay particular attention to the head end of the fish where the bones are small and fine.

Nutrition
Serving size 200 g; calories 295.4 kcal, kilojoules 1235.2 kJ, protein 28.1 g, carbohydrates 1.8 g, sugar 1.3 g, fat 18.6 g, saturated fat 7.1 g, unsaturated fat 12.6 g, trans fat 0 g, fiber 0.4 g, cholesterol 440.9 mg,

Finished recipe

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Type egg dish

Author

Yield

g

Servings

Serving size 200 g

Serve

Per
serve
Energy (kcal)295.4
Energy (kJ)1235.2
Protein (g)28.1
Fat (g)18.6
Carbs (g)1.8
Sugars (g)1.3
Fiber (g)0.4
Sodium (mg)502.2
Cholesterol (mg)440.9

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