Easy Irish Home Cured Salmon
By
Nancy J. Patrykus
@Finnjin
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If you like cured salmon, a little sweet but with a blander taste than the expensive store bought kind, then this quick & easy recipe is for you.
This home cured salmon is a great substitute with a similar, though individual flavor,than the expensive, luxury priced imported Irish salmon.
This highly secret recipe process takes 7 days but requires very little labor...just a couple minutes everyday.
Once you make and taste the fruits of your labor, I am sure you will say this is a winner!
I found this Irish recipe in a newspaper article years ago....................5/7/12
This home cured salmon is a great substitute with a similar, though individual flavor,than the expensive, luxury priced imported Irish salmon.
This highly secret recipe process takes 7 days but requires very little labor...just a couple minutes everyday.
Once you make and taste the fruits of your labor, I am sure you will say this is a winner!
I found this Irish recipe in a newspaper article years ago....................5/7/12
Ingredients
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1-- 4 pound trout or salmon trout, butterflied and bones and head removed.
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4-1/2 tspsalt, divided
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6 Tbspolive oil, divided
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1 Tbspbrown sugar
How to Make Easy Irish Home Cured Salmon
- DAY 1...Place fish skin side down on a platter.
Rub flesh with 1-11/2 teaspoons of salt;cover lightly with waxed paper,plastic wrap or foil;
refrigerate for 24 hours. - DAY 2...Drain off any liquid.
Whipe fish off with paper towels
Rub flesh with 2 tablespoons of oil. - DAYs 3-4-5-6...Repeat alternate processes
ALSO on day 6...also rub brown sugar into fish. - DAY 7...Hang fish in a cool,dry,airy place
for 24 hours.
To serve, cut in paper-thin slices
against the grain.
Makes 24 appetizers servings.
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