Gravlax Salt-- And Sugar--cured Salmon

Total Time: 24 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 24 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 bunch dill, stems and all, chopped
• 2 bay leaves, crumbled
• 1/2 cup minced shallot
• 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
• 2 lemons, zest of
• 2 -3 lbs salmon fillets, pin bones removed

Recipe

• 1 mix together all the ingredients except the salmon.
• 2 place the salmon skin side down on a large sheet of plastic wrap.
• 3 cover the flesh side of the fish with the salt mixture, coat it completely.
• 4 wrap the fish well in plastic wrap.
• 5 refrigerate for at least 24 hour, preferably 36.
• 6 unwrap the salmon and rinse off the cure. dry then slice on the bias.