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New York · Breakfast

Bagels with Lox and Schmear

  • Easy
  • 20 min
  • roughly 3 of 4 for cost

rich · smoky · bright · herb-fresh Leads with richness that coats and comforts, wood-smoke running underneath, lifted green at the very end.

Ingredients

  • 4 fresh bagels, split
  • 250g cream cheese, softened
  • 250g cold-smoked salmon, sliced thin
  • 1 red onion, sliced paper thin
  • 2 tbsp capers
  • 1 tomato, sliced
  • Fresh dill
  • Black pepper and lemon

Allergen screen

Found: gluten · dairy · fish

Screened for: gluten, dairy, egg, nuts, peanuts, fish, shellfish, molluscs, soy, sesame, celery, mustard, lupin, alcohol. Not screened: sulphites.

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Method

  1. Slice the bagels and toast only if they are a day old: a fresh bagel is never toasted.
  2. Spread cream cheese thickly on both halves, edge to edge.
  3. Drape the salmon in loose folds rather than flat sheets.
  4. Add tomato, onion, capers, and dill.
  5. Finish with cracked pepper and a squeeze of lemon; serve open or closed.

At the Table

The Pour
Mimosa (weekends only)
Also Right
Cava, straight
From the Taps
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Zero-Proof
Fresh orange juice & café au lait

Morning food wants brightness and bubbles, or honest coffee: nothing that argues before noon.

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