Recipe #5 - Baked Eggs with Smoked Salmon

Many people think that a pressure cooker is only good for the winter months - and yes indeed it does lend itself to stews, casseroles, soups and so on. But there is so much more you can do with the cooker all year round. The following recipe is something for spring/summer and is also a great simple all seasons starter as well....

Ingredients: (serves four)

4 Eggs
100g smoked salmon
25g butter
20ml single cream
Salt & Pepper



Method:

1. Cut the smoked salmon into pieces and divide into four buttered ramekins.
2. Break an egg into each ramekin dish and season with a little salt.
3. Fill the cooker with a pint of water (an inch or two in the cooker)
4. Place the steam basket containing the four ramekins on the trivet (ie. so that it is at its highest level)
5. Close the cooker, bring to medium pressure and cook for 3-4 minutes
6. Release the pressure, open the cooker and add 1 tsp of lightly peppered cream to each ramekin.

Serve with toast or salad.
This recipe sounds so easy but it is worth trying out - it tastes fantastic and takes around 10-15 minutes to prepare and cook. Very impressive for dinner parties....and even good for breakfast too. The cream makes a difference and there is so little to make any health conscious freak actually freak out! ....but if they do, you can leave it out......

The next recipe will be another summer classic - a flan - in the pressure cooker I hear you say? You may well be right so, as I haven't cooked this one yet, I need to try it out and report back Assuming it works, it'll be another reason not to put you cooker away for the summer!