GRAVLAX (SALT SALMON OR TROUT
RECIPE)
 
Make a mixture up in advance in a small plastic bowl which consists of the following:

60% coarse salt
40% brown sugar
some fresh or frozen dill weed

Combine ingredients, mixing well.

Place a lake trout or salmon fillet (cleaned, scaled, and with small bones removed) skin-side down in a plastic marinating container. Use a 2-piece, top and bottom tightly fitting container for marinating).

Cover the fillet with the mixture above, putting extra on the thickest part of the fillet.

Lay the dill weed over the top (you can't put too much).

Put the top on tight and place in the refrigerator for 3 days, turning over every day. Take out and drain off the liquid, rinse well and pat dry.

Cut into 6" chunks and place in zip-lock bags to freeze. To serve 1/2, thaw the fillet then cut into thin slices leaving the skin on the table.

Place some thinly sliced onion rings on buttered rye bread, then top with the slices of fish.

Enjoy! This fish can be frozen up to 3 months.

Submitted by: D.R.K. Canada

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Gravlax (Salt Salmon or Trout Recipe)
 #186821
 Angela Welbourne (Alberta) says:
I make this every year for the holidays and put fresh ground pepper on the fillets before the dill. Cover the top fillet with wax or parchment paper and then weight it all down with a flat rock and put it in a leak proof tight fitting lid container and into the frig for several days depending on the thickness of the salmon fillet. I also use equal amounts of pickling salt and brown sugar. Otherwise it is nice to see a recipe for this very similar to what I use. It is delicious on thinly sliced homemade rye bread, spread with a thin layer of plain cream cheese and then the sliced onions and fish. Make it and enjoy!

 

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