Black Sea Toast

Name: Black Sea Toast
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: eastern european
Ingredients: 2 hard-cooked eggs; 1/4 cup finely chopped onion; 4 slices black Russian, dark pumpernickel, or Danish-style hard rye bread, about 4 to 5 inches in diameter; 6 tablespoons (about 3 ounces) salmon caviar; 4 tablespoons sour cream; 1 tablespoon chopped chives; 4 lemon wedges

By Jacques Pepin

Total Time: About 15 minutes
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Caviar has always symbolized the best in life; it is the single food most clearly identified with wealth, opulence and luxury. Yet for the connoisseur, caviar is more than a sybaritic, ostentatious display of riches. It is the ultimate edible, with all the subtleties, complexities and refinement of a great vintage wine or Champagne.

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Ingredients

Yield:4 servings

2hard-cooked eggs
¼cup finely chopped onion
4slices black Russian, dark pumpernickel, or Danish-style hard rye bread, about 4 to 5 inches in diameter
6tablespoons (about 3 ounces) salmon caviar
4tablespoons sour cream
1tablespoon chopped chives
4lemon wedges

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Preparation

Step 1
Shell the eggs and separate the whites from the yolks. Push the whites and the yolks separately through a sieve and set aside in individual bowls.
Step 2
Rinse the chopped onion in a colander under cold water. (Rinsed onion is milder in flavor and will not discolor.) Drain, transfer to a kitchen towel and press to remove any excess water.
Step 3
Trim the crust from the bread slices. Spoon some caviar around the edges of each slice, spreading it gently to create a ½-inch border of caviar. Inside this border, right next to the roe, spread the sieved egg white on the bread to form a ring that is ½ inch wide. Inside this ring, spread the sieved egg yolk to form another ½-inch ring. Inside that, spread the chopped onions to form a ½-inch ring. In the center of each slice, place 1 tablespoon of sour cream.
Step 4
Garnish each slice with a few grains of caviar and the chives. Serve immediately with lemon wedges.