Salmon cure
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500g sea salt
425g caster sugar
2 limes, zest/juice
2 lemons, zest/ juice
10 coriander seeds
30g black peppercorns
2 star anise
6 cloves
30ml gin
30g dried juniper berries
Fennel tops
Blend ingredients to a paste. Coat all surfaces of the skinned salmon fillet, wrap in cling film and refrigerate for 10 hours. When fillet is firm, rinse, dry and slice.
Dill oil
500ml grapeseed oil (or vegetable oil if not available)
10 bunches of dill, stalks removed
Pour the oil into a cocktail blender. Add all the tops of the dill. Blitz on highest speed until the friction of the blades gets the oil so hot that it literally starts to boil it. In turn, releasing and setting the chlorophyll into the split oil and turning it vibrant green. Pass this slowly through a muslin cloth. Cool in fridge.
Pickled cucumber
100ml caster sugar
100ml white wine vinegar
100ml water
Bring to boil together, then chill. Peel, slice and de-seed cucumber. Sprinkle cucumber with fine salt and let sit for 10 minutes, then rinse. Pour chilled pickle over the pre-salted and rinsed cucumber. Leave in pickle overnight in the fridge.
Citrus creme fraiche
400ml creme fraiche
Zest of 2 lemons
zest of 2 limes
Zest of 2 oranges
Pinch of salt
Pinch of sugar
Leave to infuse overnight, pass through fine sieve.
To plate
Layer slices of salmon. Drizzle the citrus creme fraiche. Splash some dill oil around. Lay over some of the pickled cucumber. Garnish with some slices of boiled new potatoes and fresh diced granny smith apple. Add pickled dill tips and a quick flick of fresh lemon zest.