Classic Cold-Smoked Salmon

Preparation info
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    8 lb

    • Difficulty

      Complex

Appears in
Professional Garde Manger: A Comprehensive Guide to Cold Food Preparation

By Jaclyn Pestka, Wayne Gisslen and Lou Sackett

Published 2010

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Ingredients

Ingredients U.S. Metric
Skin-on salmon sides,

Method

Procedure

Day 1

Fabrication and Cure Application

  1. Using kitchen tweezers or needlenose pliers, remove the pin bones from the salmon.
  2. Wash the salmon and blot it dry.
  3. Mix the salt, sugar, pepper, allspice, and bay leaves to make the curing compound.
  4. Place half of the curing