Salmon Smoked on Yuzu Leaves

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    as main dish of 4-5 robata dishes
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Robata: Japanese Home Grilling

By Silla Bjerrum

Published 2018

  • About

This recipe uses the technique of packing a whole salmon with yuzu, fresh herbs and olive oil, wrapping it in a newspaper (avoiding any coloured ink) and tying it tightly. The trick is then to submerge the whole wrap in water until soaked through, then put it over direct heat on a barbecue, and as the newspaper dries and burns, the fish inside will partially poach and partially smoke, giving a very light and delicate result. However, since we are grilling on the robata and the heat is more