Citrus-cured salmon gravadlax. Cured salmon gravlax or lox, is fresh salmon that has been cured with equal parts of sugar and salt. Equal parts sugar to equal parts salt + Aromatics(citrus rind, spices). Homemade Cured Salmon Gravlax is arguably the ultimate easy-to-make luxury food.
Tip all the ingredients for the salt mix into a food processor and whizz until everything is combined and the spices are completely ground.
Stroke your hand along the salmon fillet to check for any stray bones.
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Cured salmon gravlax or lox, is fresh salmon that has been cured with equal parts of sugar and salt. Equal parts sugar to equal parts salt + Aromatics(citrus rind, spices). Homemade Cured Salmon Gravlax is arguably the ultimate easy-to-make luxury food.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook citrus-cured salmon gravadlax using 9 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Citrus-cured salmon gravadlax:
- {Prepare 500 g of salmon. Filleted, skin on, pin boned. I used sashimi-grade salmon.
- {Take bunch of fresh dill (50g) – to be used in the salt pack and also in the finish.
- {Make ready of Ingredients in the salt pack, for curing.
- {Get 100 g of maldon sea salt.
- {Get 100 g of demerara sugar.
- {Get of zest of a whole lime.
- {Prepare of zest of half an orange.
- {Take of zest of a whole lemon.
- {Prepare 50 ml of vodka – use good quality stuff.
Curing is a way of preserving fish to prevent spoilage. A dry cure with salt and sugar, as demonstrated here, draws out the liquid from the fish and adds. FULL RECIPE BELOW Our Citrus-cured salmon used in two ways. Here's our simple Citrus-Cured Salmon recipe that uses the zests.
Instructions to make Citrus-cured salmon gravadlax:
- Here's some lovely salmon..
- Chop the stalks off the fresh dill. Keep both the stalks and the dill – we're going to use both. Finely slice the stalks..
- In a bowl, put the maldon sea salt. Add in also: lemon zest, lime zest, orange zest, demerara sugar, and the finely sliced dill stalks. Mix it together. This will be the salt pack for the salmon. Finally, mix in a shot of the vodka – no more than 50ml. Don't add so much vodka that it turns the salt pack into a liquid..
- Cut the salmon into four slices..
- Lay some clingfilm down in your kitchen surface. We're going to cover the salmon with the salt mixture. Make sure to keep half the mix leftover for the next pair of slices..
- Take a pair of salmon slices. Dip each slice into the bowl of salt mixture, to cover them in the mix. Put one slice onto the cling film, skin side down. Place some more salt mix on top. Then place the other slice on top, with the skin side up. Tightly cover the pair of salmon in the cling film, roll it in the cling film. Get some more cling film and tightly wrap the cling film again. Repeat for the final pair of slices..
- Place both cling filmed salmon parcels in the fridge. Leave for 5-10 hours or overnight. 5 hours will give a texture more towards sashimi. 10 hours will give a more more waxy, cured result..
- Wait 5-10+ hours. ⏱.
- Remove the salmon from the fridge. Remove the cling film..
- Remove the salt crust by hand. Give it a (very) brief rinse under the tap. Then dab try with some kitchen towel..
- Finely chop some more dill. Cover each piece of salmon..
- Carefully remove the skin with a very sharp knife. Slice the salmon into strips, with a line of dill running along the top..
- Serve with your favourite accompaniment. Here I've served it with beetroot + balsamic puree, horseradish cream, and some cress..
Place salmon on a non-reactive tray, sprinkle the cure mix onto the salmon flesh a little at a time and, using the parsley as a brush, brush To serve, unwrap and place the salmon on a large serving plate. Slice finely, sprinkle with extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice. Gravlax has its origins in Scandinavia in the Middle Ages where it was used as a way to preserve the salmon. The citrus, gin, and star anise add new layers of flavour to what can be achieved with the basic curing process. You will find many methods and ingredients.
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