Asian-style gravlax

Recipes / Fish

Freshly cured salmon is given a modern twist with the Asian flavours of coriander and chilli.

Recipe «Asian-style gravlax» presented in category Recipes / Fish, to prepare this dish you will need no more minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 200g sugar, 100g rock salt, 1 bunch fresh coriander, leaves picked, chopped, 4 fresh red birdseye chillies, deseeded, finely chopped, 1 tbsp sherry , 2 salmon fillets, skin on, all bones removed .

Ingredients:

  • 200g sugar 
  • 100g rock salt 
  • 1 bunch fresh coriander, leaves picked, chopped 
  • 4 fresh red birdseye chillies, deseeded, finely chopped 
  • 1 tbsp sherry 
  • 2 salmon fillets, skin on, all bones removed 

Instructions

  1. Combine sugar, salt, coriander, chilli and sherry in a large bowl.
  2. Place some of the sugar mixture over the base of a deep dish that is large enough to hold the salmon in a single layer. Rub more sugar mixture all over the salmon. Place salmon in the dish and pack any remaining sugar mixture over the top.
  3. Tightly cover the dish with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 1 1/2-2 days, turning once or twice, or until the salmon is firm to the touch.
  4. Use a sharp boning knife with a flexible blade to thinly slice the gravlax.