MMK’s Gravlax

Preparation info
  • FFR—

    18 to 24

    first-course servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Madeleine Kamman

Published 1997

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Ingredients

  • 1 medium-size Atlantic salmon, about 10 pounds, dressed
  • cup fine sea salt

Method

Fillet the salmon, removing all the bones but trying not to bruise the fillets when you pull the pin bones out. Cut away the belly flap on each fillet. (See the techniques.) Mix the salt, sugar, orange and lemon rinds, allspice, and peppercorns together; divide into two equal parts.

Arrange one third of the herbs on the bottom of a large sta