Trying to Cook in NZ

Mom wanted a recipe for something I did at work, so here goes. Here is an easy recipe for a little dish I sometimes make for myself at work. It is a nice filling breakfast or lunch. I will give the quantities for two people.

3 c potato; cooked and cut up into small cubes
2 ea strips bacon
1 ea leek sliced into thin rounds; white part only
½ ea small onion; small dice
1 c spinach
2-3 oz smoked salmon

4 eggs; poached or fried
hollandaise or lemon buerre blanc sauce for the top

For the potatoes, you are going to need to have them pre-cooked before you begin, or you can use frozen hash browns (the cube, not the shredded kind). If using fresh potato, cook hole by either boiling or steaming and cut into ¾” cubes.

For the hash, begin cooking the bacon until some of the fat renders out. Add the leeks and onion and cook until slightly cooked. Then add the potatoes and cook until all is browned. Throw in spinach and salmon and season with salt and pepper.

Put into bowls and top with two poached eggs and some sauce of your choosing. The lemon buerre blanc is the easiest. To make a quick one, just heat up the juice of one lemon with about 1T of cream, then whisk butter into it so you get a smooth, thick consistency, add salt to taste at the end. For a better one, reduce one cup of dry white wine with a small diced shallot, a few peppercorns and sprig of fresh thyme until most of the wine is gone and then slowly whisk cold butter into it making sure you don’t heat it too much (the butter will break instead of emulsify) add salt to taste and strain. Good luck.

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