Cured Salmon with Virgin Olive Oil and Golden Shallots

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    10-15

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Fine Family Cooking

By Tony Bilson

Published 1994

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Ingredients

  • 1 side of salmon, skin removed (approximately 1.5-2 kg/3-4 lbs)
  • 6

Method

Blanch the shallots in boiling water for 1 minute, then refresh them under cold water and press the excess water from them in a sieve. Add the shallots and the pepper to the oil and let them steep in the oil for 24 hours.

To cure the fish

Use a pair of tweezers to extract the bones from along the centre of the fillet.

Mix the curing ingredie