This Gravlax Salmon Egg Roulade is easy, yet elegant and perfect for Mother’s Day, Easter or any given Sunday brunch! Silky, creamy eggs rolled with luxurious salmon gravlax and herbaceous chives; then drizzled with smooth, rich vodka-horseradish Crème fraîche. 
Hi internet friends! Happy St. Patty’s Day!
And, umm, how cool is it that today also happens to be #ThirstyThursday? I really should be sharing a green cocktail with you guys today, huh?
Well, lucky for me (and you) I’ve posted one of those before, so click here to check it out. It’s delicious, so be prepared for some minty smooth libation love.
Anyways, do you have any big, or small, plans to celebrate St. Patrick? Possibly scarfing down some fish n’ chips or a shepherd’s pie or two? Maybe hitting up a pub and making nicey-nicey with the bartender to score some free green swag? Do tell.
OUR LATEST VIDEOSBoy and I are both part Irish, but we are staying home… and probably eating popcorn in our comfy clothes. We will pretty much do anything to avoid a crowd, especially a drunk and disorderly one. Plus we are old and lame. We just can’t keep up with the fun youngsters anymore. But in the spirit of the Irish, I might attempt to add some green sprinkles to our popcorn. 😉
So, obviously I know today is St. Patty’s day, but I’m a rebel without a cause and I’m going to share an Easter recipe with you guys. But to be fair, I did include that link to a green cocktail for you guys. Therefore, I feel like ya’ll should be kind and just go with my Easter flow. Deal? (<– Rhetorical question, by now you should know I do what I want.)
Today’s recipe isn’t a new one.
I actually posted this way back in the day when I had two followers, including my mother and Boy. But, it is one of my favorite egg dishes and it would be perfect for Easter Brunch.
So I decided to revamp, re-shoot and bring it back from the hollows of the NSN internet archives.
Gravlax Salmon Egg Roulade
This easy salmon egg roulade rocks my breakfast lovin’ world for many reasons. Not only is it pretty, but it also tastes outrageously delicious with layers of fantastic flavors. Fluffy, silky and perfectly creamy eggs; slightly salty, luxurious, omega 3 packed salmon gravlax, herbaceous chives and cheesy parmesan. So good.
But, if you’ve been reading this blog long enough, you know I couldn’t stop there. Because everything always needs a topping and sauce.
In this case the pico de gallo adds a bit of acidity, freshness, heat and color. While the vodka-horseradish crème fraiche adds a touch of boozy, pungent, smooth richness. You can absolutely use store bought pico de gallo and you can leave the vodka out of the crème fraiche if you are serving children, but I don’t suggest you nix the accoutrements.
Life just tastes better with garnishes.
While this breakfast Gravlax Salmon Egg Roulade may look fabulously fancy, it really is a cinch to roll together.
Simply whisk some eggs and a handful of ingredients together in a bowl, pour into a parchment paper lined baking dish, bake, top and roll.
This is what I like to call easy elegance, but your brunch guests don’t need to be privy to the fact that you didn’t spend all morning in the kitchen preparing this roulade. I won’t tell if you don’t. 😉
#SecretsSafe #JudgeFreeZone
Add this Gravlax Salmon Egg Roulade to your Easter or Sunday brunch menu, I pinkie promise you will love it!
Until next week friends – Cheers and Happy St. Patrick’s Day! If you are celebrating and painting the town red, be safe and drink a green one for me!
XOXO
Cheyanne
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How to make Gravlax Salmon Egg Roulade at home👇
Silky, creamy eggs rolled with luxurious salmon gravlox and herbaceous chives; topped with smooth, rich vodka-horseradish creme fraiche. This Egg Roulade may look fancy, but it is a cinch to put together and perfect for Easter Brunch!
- Olive Oil or PAM spray for parchment paper
- ¾ cup Half & Half
- 1/4 Cup All Purpose Flour (leveled)
- 8 Large Eggs
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard (I used Dijon-Chardonnay Mustard)
- 1/2 tsp Kosher Salt
- 1/4 tsp Ground pepper
- 1 cup Parmigano Reggiano Cheese – freshly grated (divided)
- 4 - 6 oz Cured Salmon
- 3 TBS Chives – thinly sliced (can substitute Fresh Dill)
- Pico de Gallo , to taste
- Vodka Horseradish Crème Fraiche – for serving, optional
- 1 tsp Vodka
- 1 TBS Horseradish Sauce
- ½ scant Cup Crème Fraiche
- 1 TB Chives – thinly sliced
- Coarse Salt – to taste
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line a 9 x 13’’ pan with parchment, making sure the parchment comes up the sides and over with about a 1’’ or more excess hanging over the sides of the pan. Spray or brush parchment with olive oil. Set aside.
- Make the Vodka-Horseradish Creme Fraiche: In a small bowl stir together all ingredients. Cover and place in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes to allow the flavors to marry.
- Prepare the Eggs: In a large bowl, combine half & half and flour, whisk well. Crack in the eggs and add the mustard, whisk together. Season with Salt and Pepper, to taste. Whisk VERY VERY WELL to combine. Pour the mixture into the pan, tilting to ensure mixture gets into the corners of the pan. Sprinkle on ½ cup of the cheese.
- Bake, rotating pan once halfway through cooking, 18 - 22 minutes, until eggs are almost set. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake until cheese has melted and eggs are just set in the center, 2 to 4 minutes.
- Transfer the omelet (still on parchment) to a work surface by lifting the corners of the parchment paper.
- Allow omelet to slightly cool, about 1 ½ minutes.
- Lay slices of Cured Salmon evenly on top of entire omelet. Sprinkle Chives on top.
- Beginning at one shorter end of the omelet, lift parchment paper, and begin to roll up omelet tightly, peel back the parchment as you continue to roll, forming a cylinder.
- Slice, using a utility or serrated knife, into desired thickness. Drizzle with Vodka Horseradish Crème Fraiche and top with pico de gallo, if using.
- Serve.
*Adapted from Martha Stewart
Easter Brunch with a hint of vodka and luxurious salmon – who could resist 😉 Happy St Patrick’s Day!
True! Thank you so much, Miriam! Cheers and Happy St. Patty’s Day! 🙂
If you keep the secret on how easy this is, we will keep the secret that you are hiding inside on St. Patty’s day. #JudgeFreeZone. Haha!
No St. Patty’s day here in the Netherlands but this Easter dish is something I could get into! Love it! Anything is better with a sauce.
Hahaha! Deal, Vivian! Thank you so much for the comment, dear! Cheers and Happy St. Patty’s Day!
OMG yes, I’m so with you on the popcorn/comfy clothes alternative to partying, Cheyanne! Sometimes it makes me feel super lame and boring, but I just can’t stand staying up late anymore and would choose a night in with a good movie and my snuggliest PJs over a night out any day!! Maybe I should stay in and make this damn fine-looking roulade some day!? It looks so fancy and bound to impress dinner party guests!
Yay to popcorn and comfy clothes, Lisa!! We can be lame and boring together, girlfriend!! Thanks so much for the sweet comment! Cheers and Happy St. Patty’s Day! 🙂
This is amazing, Cheyanne! This egg roulade is just perfect for breakfast, or any meal! Need to try this ASAP!
Thank you so much for the kind comment, Marsha! Cheers, girlfriend!
So glad you revived this! It’s definitely perfect for Easter but I can see making this for any fun weekend brunch celebration. What a great combination of flavors and so impressive looking, too! We’ll be staying in as well tonight, but I hope to find some small way to make it a special day. Irish soda bread, perhaps? Have a fabulous weekend friend!
I hope you and the family have a wonderful night in, Kathryn!! Thank you so much for the kind comment, my dear! Cheers and Happy St. Patty’s day!! 🙂
Haha I would love to make friends with a bartender to get some free green beer! I think my husband and I are staying in though, too. Sounds much more relaxing on a Thursday night! 🙂 This dish looks just gorgeous, Cheyanne! I absolutely love the salmon in here and all of those delicious layers!. What a pretty dish to impress people at a party or get-together!
I hope you and the hubster have a wonderful night in, Gayle! Thank you so much for the comment love, friend! Cheers and happy St. Patty’s day!
I love those kind of dishes that look amazing, and really impressive, but they are so easy to put together.
No St Patrick’s Day plans here, as I am sick. But where we live, there is huge celebrations, as we are so close to Dublin.
Easy, but impressive dishes sure are the best, right?! I’m sorry to hear you are sick, Dannii!! I hope you feel better soon, girlfriend! Thanks for the comment love and cheers!
Great Idea for a brunch or a fancy afternoon tea party! your pictures are as always, so dreamy and beautiful! well done!! 🙂
Thank you so much, Gaila! Cheers to a fabulous day! 😉
I officially forgive you for not posting a St.Patrick’s recipe Chey cause this egg roulade is amazing. Besides, the incorporation of chives gives enough green color to consider this recipe being relevant today. I’m not celebrating (and sadly, I always miss this day just because my lame memory). But I am going to have something green (like green tea?); plus I’ve got a green pyjamas so I am good!:)
Well technically I did post a St. Patty’s day recipe Monday… and I included a link today, so I forgive myself. hahahaha! 🙂 No worries about forgetting St. Patty’s day.. so many recipes floating out there in internet land! Yay to staying in pj’s today! Thanks for the comment, buddy and Cheers!
Chey, girl… I love that you used the word “herbaceous.” Did I tell you, years ago, I first heard the word when I went to this super hip bar (don’t know what I was doin’ there…) and the waiter was trying to describe the innovative libations menu. I was like, what’s that now? What curiousness… To this day, I love that word. Hehe.
Meanwhile, popcorn and comfy clothes sounds like the best thing ever!
Egg roulade: Love that you revamped and reshot this recipe. Your photography is so on point! Plus, I swear the way you style and plate your food just classes up the whole joint (the joint being my crass and classless “artistic” mind. lol) Learning lots from you, hun. Happy almost Weekend! Eat extra popcorn for me. xoxo
Well we both used lovely vocab words today, huh? Yay to Webster twinning! Ha! Popcorn and comfy clothes is the best thing ever! If only I could add some of your brownies to that mix! ULTIMATE good time! Thanks so much for the kind comment, girl! You always make my day, Demeter! Cheers, lovely and Happy St. Patty’s day! xoxo
P.s. extra popcorn eating – DONE! 😉
OMG! Like how gorgeous is this Cheyanne! You’ve outdone yourself with this one! This is just perfect for an Easter brunch. I like how you decided to share it again. I get it! There are so many delicious things I posted early on too when my sisters and Tom were the only ones who followed me that I should probably share again! Sounds like you and Boy will have a great just relaxing tonight! We may do the same because if you’re too old to hang with the youngsters, than I’m WAY too old for sure! Happy St. Patty’s Day!
You should totally re-share old posts, Mary Ann! I have a couple more I want to re do. It stinks to know back when no one followed us, some great recipes weren’t seen!! Oh, for the record, YOU aren’t old!!! Thanks so much for the kind comment, friend.. and for making me laugh! Cheers and happy St. Patty’s day!
Wow! Dude, I’ve never seen an omelet roll before! This is absolutely stunning and I love it even more because you added booze! 🙂 We are actually going out tonight, but not to do the St. Pat’s pub crawl or anything like that. We are just going out for a quiet dinner at our favorite Ethiopian restaurant to celebrate my St. Patrick’s Day birthday. Then it’s home and jammies all the way!
Well, you lie, Rachelle! Because I know for a fact you went back and looked at the old roulade!!! hahaha! 🙂 Hope you have a WONDERFUL birthday, peanut! Sending you lots of hugs and love today!! Cheers, girlfriend and HAPPY BIRTHDAY! oh… and thanks for the lovely comment!
This is so fancy looking and creative! I gotta try this for Easter 🙂
I hope you do try this, Ashley, because this roulade is SO good! Cheers and thanks for the comment! 🙂
This does look fancy, Cheyanne! Lovin’ the combo. I mean, how can you go wrong, especially with the vodka horseradish crème fraiche!! I’ll take a bucket of that!! YUM!!! Hubby and I don’t go out to celebrate St. Paddy’s day. Like you guys we would much rather stay home and chill on the coach (with a celebratory drink in hand, of course). I don’t have time for the crowds, either. Around here, though, it’s super celebrated and fish and chips is an iconic dish, no doubt. No matter what you’re doing have a great day and looking forward to trying this recipe soon! Thanks friend 🙂
Hahaha! If we were neighbors I would totally drop off a bucket of vodka horseradish creme fraiche, Dawn! 🙂 Yes to celebratory drinks at home. I’m about to cheers to you as I pour one, girlfriend! Thanks so much for the sweet comment! Cheers to a wonderful night in and Happy St. Patty’s day, dear! <3
You had me at salmon and vodka. Two of my favorite things in the whole world! YEEEESSSS! I need and want this for my Easter brunch but probably gonna make it before then. So perfect for dinner too with some spicy fried up potatoes. Daaaaannnnnnnnnng! Happy St Patrick’s Day and have fun eating popcorn! 🙂
Hahaha! Girl, I knew you’d appreciate the vodka in here! After all, we are #besties… so great minds and all that jazz. Spicy fried potatoes with this would be bomb diggity. You should come make me some! Thanks for the comment and the laughs, chicka! Happy St. Patty’s day! Cheers! xo
I am with you…green sprinkled popcorn is the way to go, tonight!! The days of green beer and drunk crowds are ova! Thank you for digging into your archives for this beauty! My family will never believe it’s easy…so we’ll definitely keep that secret, together! Have a great weekend, my friend! Luck of the Irish to ya! Cheers! XO
Glad to know I’m not the only one who would take green sprinkles and popcorn over drunk crowds! Thanks so much for the sweet comment, Annie! Cheers to you and a wonderful St. Patty’s day! xoxo
Girlie, you do what you want. Me too. That must be why we get a long so well. (!) I am already on to Easter too, and glad to be, though I have not a thing against St. Patrick. It’s just hard when the holidays are crunched together, knowhatImean??? i believe I’ve already brought this up. So I love your creation today Cheyanne. It’s beautiful and anything with salmon is a big win win in my book. Perfect for Easter brunch. Enjoy the popcorn all cozy in your jammies. We’ll be home too. Yesterday I went to the grocery store to get stuff for an Irish boiled dinner. I made it all the way through the checkout when I realized I never got the corned beef. WHAAAAA??? Yup, I had to go back in. Have a fabulous weekend, it will be here soon! xo
Ha! Yahhhss to doing what we want, lady! 🙂 I get to the checkout and realize I have forgot crucial ingredients ALL THE TIME! We really are cut from the same cloth huh? Thanks so much for the comment love, Allie! Cheers to you and a beautiful weekend, dear! Cheers! xo
This looks amazing! You cook just like a pro, Cheyanne.
Thank you so much, Angie! Cheers, dear! 🙂
I had corned beef dinner last night and am choosing to celebrate St. Patty’s with a chicken fried steak dinner. The only green thing in the meal will be the turnip greens…which aren’t all that Irish-y. So, in my book, your green sprinkles also qualifies as legit St. Patty’s Day celebration. I’m so glad you brought back the egg roulade because it is amazing! It looks so light and fluffy, and that Vodka Horseradish Creme Fraiche knocks it out of the park! Enjoy your quite St. Patty’s night in your comfy clothes!!
Chicken fried steak sounds perfect for St. Patty’s! Who am I to judge? I will eating green sprinkled popcorn, so I’m all for being unique! 😉 Thank you so much for the sweet comment, Thao! Cheers to a beautiful St. Patty’s!!
Wow! How fancy is this dish – I can’t believe how impressive it looks – it’s sure to be a hit on any Easter brunch. And I’m with you on the stay in an relax vibe for St. Patrick’s day (and I kind of feel the same about New Year’s Eve) – who needs drunk, crazy people! XO
We only went out for NYE because we live in a pretty small town, Geraldine! Drunk, crazy people scare me! 😉 Thanks so much for the kind comment, friend! Cheers to you and a wonderful St. Patty’s Day! xo
Girl, this is a fancy brunch item! Whew, talk about impressive, I am pretty sure my guests would think they were at the hottest brunch spot in town it I served this! Or I could just eat it all myself. And I am 100% on the same page as you with avoiding drunk youngsters. I didn’t even like drunk youngsters when I WAS a drunk youngster, but I like them even less now that I am old and grouchy. So I am about to go to the grocery store and stock up on stew ingredients and beer (duh) and then we will probably hibernate for the rest of the night and maybe listen to the Dropkick Murphy’s 🙂
Hahaha! I hear ya, girlfriend! Thanks so much for the sweet comment, Meghan! Cheers to you and a fabulous St. Patty’s Day in! 🙂
I love that you are resharing an older recipe, it looks amazing and I love how simple and elegant it is! Perfect for Easter! Have a great weekend, it’s been a long week over here with the time change and staying in sounds just perfect 🙂
Thank you so much, Kelly!! I hope you guys have a wonderful St Patty’s Day and weekend!! Cheers, dear! 🙂
OMGEE – I would never ever – not in a million years – thought this was a simple pour, bake, top and roll! I gotta give it to you major kudos for making something so elegant actually be so easy! Wow! Gorgeous roulade, lady! And – hey – eating popcorn in comfy clothes sounds like a fantabulous plan to me!
hahaha well we are old and lame right there with you! We avoid crowds at pretty much all costs!
And this is so cool! It looks so fancy but I could so do this!
For some reason this recipe reminds of something in a 1950’s cookbook, but in the best way possible. It’s easy yet impressive. I’m defiantly going to serve this dish for Easter.
There was a time when I loved crowded St. Patty’s Day celebrations, but that time has passed. 🙂 I scarfed down corned beef and cabbage slaw with irish soda bread muffins, now perhaps I’ll have a beer! I’m on the wild side right with ya. 🙂
And you just made an egg roulade! That is so creative and I just love this idea — it’s so fancy and would be so great for entertaining for Easter brunch. Gorgeous dish, Cheyanne, and Happy St. Patty’s Day!
I’m planning on a relaxing Thursday night 🙂 And some green beer! This roulade looks amazing! Can’t wait to try it! Pinning!
This roulade looks amazingly creative and delicious, Cheyanne! Love how elegant and easy this is — only you could come up with such a fab idea. Kudos! They are just perfect for Easter. And these stunning pictures are speaking to me! Can’t wait to try it! Happy Weekend to you my dear!
OK, that’s it – you are a GENIUS in the kitchen. All your ideas amaze me, but you have taken eggs and elevated them to supernatural status, my friend! And how did you know that I had some smoked salmon left over from last weekend’s St Pats celebration just lounging around? I know what I’m doing with it now! Happy weekend and xoxoxox! Off to pin!
So beautiful and so elegant! I love the way this looks and can only imagine how wonderful it must taste! Well done!
Is it acceptable to eat this entire roulade because I want the whole thing to myself!! What an eggscellent brunch idea!! 😛 (See what I did there?!) LOL Happy Friday, sweets! Have a marvelous day! XOXO
This is taking Easter brunch to a whole new level. I can almost hear the “oohs” and “Ahs” when you put this down on the brunch table. Fantastic!
LOL I guess I”m a rebel without a cause, too! I full on skipped St Patrick’s day this year, no green beer, no green clothes, I guess I’m a humbug. But this roulade….whoa! It is so pretty, and I love love love all those flavors you have in there!
Wow! Love this for an Easter brunch (or just about any weekend, not that I think about it 🙂 We didn’t have much St. Pat’s festivities here, either, even though my husband is pretty much 100% Irish. Had to remind him we ate all the Irish goodies last week. Such is the life of a food blogger!
This is the perfect dish for Easter brunch! Delicious and gorgeous! As far as St. Pats…we did a little celebrating yesterday and have another party this weekend. I’m getting up there in age, but never too old for green beer!
Oh my gosh does this look good. My in laws brought back a bunch of salmon they caught from Alaska recently and my hubby made some homemade lox. BUT! Since I am pregnant, I can’t eat it and it’s KILLING me! It’s on my list for first things I eat after baby arrives. The fam is doing Easter brunch though, so I will definitely have to suggest this since they still have tons of salmon!
YUM! What a great recipe Cheyanne! Looks so good. I LOVE salmon! Looks delicious! Also, hope that you had a great St. Patrick’s Day!! Hope you’re enjoying your weekend!
xoxo Cailee!
It’s uber fancy pants in here. I feel like I landed in a French restaurant and I’m all bougie lol. I love your creativity and ability to use simple ingredients to create a masterpiece. Ahhh in love. Ok I’ll make this roulade to romance myself lol. Hope you are having a great weekend!
Oh my… I LOVE the look of this!! Pinning. I love recipes that are fancy but not ridiculously complicated.
Holy cow! What a recipe! I’m very intrigued by the vodka-horseradish creme fraiche. It sounds fabulous!
I never tried anything like this before, but it looks super good! Great photos! Can’t wait to try it 🙂
This is so cool! I’ve never seen an egg roulade before, but it looks so awesome and yummy! Love that you paired it with the salmon too <3