Smoked egg is a food that involves the
smoking
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of bird
eggs and
fish eggs.
[Marine and Freshwater Products Handbook]
p. 183. Smoked eggs can be prepared with
boiled egg
Boiled eggs are typically from a chicken, and are cooked with their shells unbroken, usually by immersion in boiling water. Hard-boiled or hard-cooked eggs are cooked so that the egg white and egg yolk both solidify, while soft-boiled eggs may l ...
s that are then smoked, or by smoking uncooked eggs in their shells. Additionally, smoked egg has been defined as a type of ''
hors d'oeuvre
An hors d'oeuvre ( ; ), appetiser, appetizer or starter is a small dish served before a meal in European cuisine. Some hors d'oeuvres are served cold, others hot. Hors d'oeuvres may be served at the dinner table as a part of the meal, or ...
'' of boiled eggs that are shelled,
marinated, and then smoked.
Smoked caviar
Some
caviar
Caviar or caviare is a food consisting of salt-cured roe of the family Acipenseridae. Caviar is considered a delicacy and is eaten as a garnish or spread. Traditionally, the term caviar refers only to roe from wild sturgeon in the Caspi ...
s that are sometimes smoked include
cod
Cod (: cod) is the common name for the demersal fish genus ''Gadus'', belonging to the family (biology), family Gadidae. Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and one species that belongs to genus ''Gad ...
roe
Roe, ( ) or hard roe, is the fully ripe internal egg masses in the ovaries, or the released external egg masses, of fish and certain marine animals such as shrimp, scallop, sea urchins and squid. As a seafood, roe is used both as a cooking, c ...
, which is common in
Norway
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,
mullet roe, and
sturgeon
Sturgeon (from Old English ultimately from Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo-European *''str̥(Hx)yón''-) is the common name for the 27 species of fish belonging to the family Acipenseridae. The earliest sturgeon fossils date to the ...
roe.
[ Another product is smoked-egg liquor, which can be derived from raw, frozen ]salmon
Salmon (; : salmon) are any of several list of commercially important fish species, commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera ''Salmo'' and ''Oncorhynchus'' of the family (biology), family Salmonidae, native ...
roe.
Dishes
Smoked eggs can be made into smoked egg ''pâté
Pâté ( , , ) is a forcemeat. Originally, the dish was cooked in a pastry case; in more recent times it is more usually cooked without pastry in a terrine. Various ingredients are used, which may include meat from pork, poultry, fish or bee ...
''. Additional dishes and foods prepared from smoked eggs are egg salad, vinaigrette
Vinaigrette ( , ) is made by mixing an edible oil with a mild acid such as vinegar (acetic acid) or lemon juice ( citric acid). The mixture can be enhanced with salt, herbs and/or spices. It is used most commonly as a salad dressing, but can ...
dressing and dips One version of niçoise salad uses a smoked egg foam
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as an ingredient. Purée
A purée (or mash) is cooked food, usually vegetables, fruits or legumes, that has been ground, pressed, blended or sieved to the consistency of a creamy paste or liquid. Purées of specific foods are often known by specific names, e.g., appl ...
s prepared with smoked egg have been used to enhance the flavor of various dishes.
See also
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References
Further reading
* Steven Raichlen (2010).
Planet Barbecue!: 309 Recipes, 60 Countries
'. Workman Publishing.
''Shanghainese Homestyle Cooking''
pp. 86–87.
Hard Smoked Eggs
O, The Oprah Magazine.
External links
Israeli smoked egg pate
. Primal Grill with Steve Raichlen.
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Chinese cuisine
Vietnamese cuisine
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