Smoke your own salmon, don't pay $20 lb
Ingredients
1 or 2 lbs thick salmon, thick boned fillet preferred (not the thin part near the tail)
3/4 cup sea salt (or Kosher salt)
3/4 cup sugar
bottle "liquid smoke"
Astro-Physics 18lb counterweight
2 plates, or a pan, or something
Saran wrap
Mix salt and sugar together. Stir in liquid smoke till the salt and sugar combine to form a thick slurry, akin to a cake mix before pouring.
Remove any skin from the salmon.
Put down a thick layer of salt/sugar/smoke slurry, put the salmon down on top, then coat the top side with another thick layer of salt/sugar/smoke slurry. Tightly wrap in saran wrap.
Put the salmon between two plates, or between two pie tins, or something that will allow you to store with the salmon under pressure. The salmon needs to be weighted down during this process.
Put the Astro-Physics counterweight on top.
Leave it in the fridge for three days. Remove Astro-Physics counterweight. Remove saran wrap and rinse off all sugar/salt/smoke slurry. Pat the salmon dry.
Put AP counterweight back with astronomical equipment and enjoy your smoked salmon which I guess is more akin to lox.
regrads
Greg N
Ingredients
1 or 2 lbs thick salmon, thick boned fillet preferred (not the thin part near the tail)
3/4 cup sea salt (or Kosher salt)
3/4 cup sugar
bottle "liquid smoke"
Astro-Physics 18lb counterweight
2 plates, or a pan, or something
Saran wrap
Mix salt and sugar together. Stir in liquid smoke till the salt and sugar combine to form a thick slurry, akin to a cake mix before pouring.
Remove any skin from the salmon.
Put down a thick layer of salt/sugar/smoke slurry, put the salmon down on top, then coat the top side with another thick layer of salt/sugar/smoke slurry. Tightly wrap in saran wrap.
Put the salmon between two plates, or between two pie tins, or something that will allow you to store with the salmon under pressure. The salmon needs to be weighted down during this process.
Put the Astro-Physics counterweight on top.
Leave it in the fridge for three days. Remove Astro-Physics counterweight. Remove saran wrap and rinse off all sugar/salt/smoke slurry. Pat the salmon dry.
Put AP counterweight back with astronomical equipment and enjoy your smoked salmon which I guess is more akin to lox.
regrads
Greg N
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