
I couldn't quite remember what was on it exactly, but I knew what the building blocks were - a baguette, smoked salmon and hard boiled egg. I also remembered that there was mayonnaise on it, which was probably what led to my order of eggs over a goat cheese potato cake. I just don't really like mayonnaise. I decided to replace it with a dill-speckled creme fraiche. I'm sure the mayonnaise worked better, since it didn't have that slightly sour note lingering after each bite, but I enjoyed that sour note. It was a very simple sandwich in the end - I layered some smoked salmon, julienned cucumber, sliced tomato, onion and chopped hardboiled egg on the baguette. I chopped up some dill and mixed it into my creme fraiche and then slid that on to the top. It was perfect. And when I was finished I understood why I was so nostalgic for something that I had never tasted before. I didn't have to eat the sandwich to miss it. It was a testament to pure simplicity. Those are the tastes we cling to, the ones that are simple and familiar, the ones that you crave even though you've never tasted them before.
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hello shelby , seems to me you did fine on that sandwich ..it is indeed mayo and sometimes pesto ..with julienne cucumber and carrot ..eggs are sliced as it holds better when you bite ....my name is robert , i own les deux gamins and made this sandwich few year ago ...
Thanks Robert! I made it again the next day and did indeed slice the eggs - they did hold up quite a bit better. I also replaced the creme fraiche and mixed the dill into some softened goat cheese, which yielded great results.
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