Cold-Cured Salmon

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Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Pickles, Illustrated: A Cookbook of 36 Recipes and Briny Miscellany

By Karen Solomon

Published 2025

  • About

If you rub high-quality fresh salmon with sugar and salt—guess what? Magic happens! The moisture is pulled from the fish to preserve it, and the texture becomes both silky and toothsome. It is ready for cream cheese and capers.

Method

Pat dry 1 pound [455 g] of fresh salmon with paper towels. Lay down a double layer of plastic wrap and place the