Cream cheese, salmon + caper bagel

Name: Cream cheese, salmon + caper bagel
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Makes 2
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons caster (superfine) sugar; 75 ml (2½ fl oz) white-wine vinegar; 1 tablespoon fresh dill fronds; 1 teaspoon salt flakes; 3 French shallots; 4 slices smoked salmon; 2 teaspoons capers; 2 plain bagels; 100 g (3½ oz) cream cheese, softened; freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

Makes
2

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

Chefs Eat Breakfast Too

By Darren Purchese

Published 2019

About

It’s not a breakfast book without a bagel, right? I won’t give you a recipe for bagels as they are lengthy to make and, to be honest, you can buy good-quality, inexpensive ones these days. You can literally put anything on a bagel, but cream cheese and salmon is a classic combo.

Ingredients

Quick pickled shallots

3 French shallots
75 ml (2½ fl oz) white-wine vinegar

Sandwich
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Breakfast

Method

For the pickled shallots, peel the shallots and slice thinly using a mandoline or sharp knife. Separate the slices and put them in a bowl of boiling water to soak. Leave for 10 minutes before draining.
Combine the vinegar, sugar and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Remove the pan from the heat and set aside to cool. Pou