Citrus Cured Salmon

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Citrus Cured Salmon

• September 26, 2018

Ingredients

• 1 lbs King or Sockeye Salmon
• 2 cups kosher salt
• 2 cups sugar
• zest of 2 oranges
• 2T fine ground coriander
• 1T fine ground peppercorn

Directions

1. Mix all in a bowl except for the salmon.
2. In the bottom of a container big enough, place the salmon on a bed of the salt/sugar mixture. Cover the salmon with the remaining salt/sugar mixture and leave covered in your fridge for 3 days.
3. After 3 days, rinse salmon with cold water and thinly slice.

Presentation: you can serve this in a variety of ways for an appetizer:

1. Served as salmon carpaccio on its own
2. Served in endives (or croustini) with cream cheese and green onions (or chives)
3. Served with salad or microgreens

Serves 4

Recipe by Chef Jay Midwood of Eat Seattle.