Neverending Lax Adventures

That's right. More gravad lax creations. I'm getting tired of the stuff. =( This time, I made those tuna breads you find at Asian bakeries except I replaced the tuna with lax. My version had bits of lax, diced onions and diced hard-boiled eggs in a mayo base that topped a soft bread. I'd actually tried this recipe out once before but it was an absolute fiasco. I only recently figured out why a lot of my attempts at baking are fiascos. I'd been using a digital scale that measured out troy ounces!! Big difference.

The time, I weighed everything out in grams. Honestly, I prefer metric when it comes to cooking. Regardless, this attempt was a success! I gotta say it was pretty darned good. Strangely, it didn't taste like the Asian bakery ones when it was hot out of the oven. After it cooled though, it tasted like the real stuff! Wow! Thankfully, this turned out to be a great way to use some of the lax up because the eggs complemented well with the lax. The original tuna recipe didn't call for eggs but I decided to throw them in based on experience in Iceland. I'd had their gravad lax with mayo and a hard boiled egg, and it was great. So I think in this bread, the success hinged heavily on the addition of the eggs. Hooray! =9~

I was so happy with the success that I forced some upon my sister to try it out. She too said the bread part tasted real which was a pleasant surprise. She was most doubtful of my creation. The only problem with my results is that they are too small. I was in a rush and didn't have time to let them double before baking. They were supposed to look like "wreaths" but instead, I got snails. Haha!! It didn't help that I could remember what they were supposed to look like, and I was unable to interpret my shorthand notes.