Salt, sugar and dill cured salmon

Salt, sugar and dill cured salmon

Appetizers

Marinated salmon with coarse salt, sugar, and dill, pressed and refrigerated for twelve hours, then thinly sliced: a classic recipe, perfect as an appetiz…

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The marinated salmon, seasoned with salt and sugar, is prepared in advance. Twelve hours of marinating is sufficient to achieve a firm and dill-flavored texture.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time—
  • Resting12 hr
  • Total12 hr 20 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • Cooking methodSalt treatment
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

8 people
  • $0.08
  • $0.06

Directions

  1. Using a fork, remove all the small bones from the salmon fillet. ≈ 3 min
  2. Place the fillets, skin-side down, on a plate. Sprinkle with sugar and chopped dill. ≈ 2 min
  3. Let them rest for 10 minutes.
  4. In a narrow dish, spread a layer of salt, place the first salmon fillet, skin-side down. Cover with salt, then place the second fillet, skin-side up, in a book-like arrangement. ≈ 4 min
  5. Gently press with a weight placed on top. ≈ 3 min
  6. Refrigerate for 12 hours.
  7. After 12 hours, rinse the salmon slices thoroughly with water, then pat them dry carefully.
  8. Slice thinly and serve as is, in a salad, or in small pieces. ≈ 8 min

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 2 portions of 900g of salmon
  • a little sugar
  • One small bunch of dill
  • A generous amount of salt, enough to cover the salmon

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