Salted salmon sandwiches are considered an excellent option for an aristocratic breakfast, they can also decorate any holiday table. Salt fish will not be difficult to find in the nearest supermarket, but it is better to cook it yourself. Today we will tell you how to pickle salmon at home.
How to pickle salmon in a dry way
You will need:
- salmon fillet - 1 kilogram,
- large table salt - 2 tablespoons,
- sugar - 1, 5 tablespoons.
- spices (dried dill, oregano, coriander, black and white pepper) - to taste.
Method of preparation
- Rinse the salmon fillet with cold water. Drain with paper towels.
- Mix salt, sugar and prepared favorite spices. By the way, if you do not want to interrupt the taste and aroma of fish with spices, then you can easily do without them, being content with only salt and sugar.
- In the mixture obtained, we “properly pan” salmon.
- Put the fish up in the enamel or glass container. Cover with a lid. Leave for a couple of hours. After the specified time, the fish should be sent to the refrigerator for a day. After you can take a sample!
Salting of salmon in brine (wet method)
You will need:
- red fish steaks - 1, 5 kg,
- water - 1 liter,
- salt - 3 tablespoons,
- sugar - 1 tablespoon,
- vinegar - 1 tablespoon,
- bay leaf - 2-3 pieces,
- allspice - 5-7 peas,
- coriander - to taste.
Method of preparation
- We clean the salmon from its scales, wash it well in cold water. Cut into portions.
- Pour the water into the pan and bring to a boil.
- Add sugar, salt, bay leaf, pepper and coriander to boiling water.
- At the very end, pour vinegar into the brine and remove it from the fire.
- Put the fish in the container.
- Fill with cooled marinade, which should be drained beforehand.
- We remove the fish in the fridge and, licking its saliva, wait a couple of days. That is how much time it takes to salmon was ready. Enjoy your meal!
Recipe for quick salting of salmon
You will need:
- salmon fillet - 2 kilograms,
- salt - 6 tablespoons,
- sugar - 3 tablespoons.
Method of preparation
- Remove salmon skin. Thoroughly wash the fish. Drain with paper towels. Cut into small pieces.
- Mix salt and sugar.
- Dip each piece of fish in a mixture of spices.
- We put the fish in a tank in which it will be salted.
- Cover with cling film and leave for several hours at room temperature (if you put the fish in the fridge, it will loosen up a little longer). Literally in 2 hours the fish is ready to eat!
Salted salmon at home
You will need:
- salmon fillet on the skin - 1 kilogram,
- coarse salt (preferably sea) - 2 tablespoons,
- sugar (can be brown) - 1 tablespoon,
- Freshly ground black pepper - optional.
Method of preparation
- Rinse the fish with cold water. Drain with paper towels.
- Mix salt, sugar and pepper.
- At the bottom of the glass bowl with high sides pour 1/2 of the spices.
- With the skin down we lay the fish in a bowl.
- Sprinkle with the remaining mixture.
- Dip the form with cling film. We send the fish for 12 hours in the fridge.
- After the specified time has elapsed, we remove the film, pour out the formed brine, and peel off the spices remaining on the fish fillet. Re-send the fish in the fridge. After a day the salted salmon is ready!
Lightly Salted Salmon with Lemon
You will need:
- salmon fillet - 1 kilogram,
- salt - 4 tablespoons,
- sugar - 4 tablespoons,
- lemon - 1 piece.
Method of preparation
- Mix salt and sugar.
- Sprinkle spices at the bottom of a glass jar.
- Wash, dry the fillet of salmon, do not remove the skin.
- Spread the fish with the skin on the spice.
- Pour on top of freshly squeezed lemon juice.
- Leave the fish for a couple of hours to be salted at room temperature, then send to the fridge for a couple of days. Before use, salmon must be wiped with a clean napkin, cut into slices, served on the table as a snack or used as an ingredient for sandwiches. Eat on health!
Salting salmon at home, as you could see for yourself, is not so difficult. The main difficulty that will be faced is to withstand a couple of days until the fish reaches readiness. Self-salted salmon turns out to be much tastier than the purchased counterpart, besides, you can be sure that there are no doubtful additives and harmful preservatives in it, which means you can feed your favorite household without fear. Perhaps you have your own way of salting salmon, we will be grateful if you share it in the comments to this text.
