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1 1/2 cups kosher salt
2 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup cracked black peppercorns
4- to 5-pound salmon, deboned and fileted
by butcher
1 bunch fresh rosemary
1 bunch fresh sage
1 cup Irish whiskey
walnut oil, as needed
Mix salt, sugar, and pepper together. Place half of salmon skin- side down in deep pan.
Top with half of rosemary and sage, pour half of salt mixture over herbs, then place remaining herbs on top. Sprinkle with cup of whiskey. Cover with second side of salmon, skin-side up, and top with remaining salt mixture. Place another pan upside down over salmon, and put heavy weights on top of pan to press salmon. Cure for 48 hours in refrigerator. Turn fish over every 8 hours, and spoon liquid over salmon. Before serving, remove herbs and excess salt, and brush salmon with walnut oil. Chill in freezer for 15 minutes. Slice paper thin with extremely sharp knife, and serve with soda bread (recipe follows), caper cream cheese, pickled asparagus, sliced sweet tomatoes, and diced green onions.
Variations: Instead of using rosemary andsage, which give the salmon a woodsy taste, try dill and tarragon for a sweeter flavor orrock samphire for a lemony-pine flavor.
2 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup cracked black peppercorns
4- to 5-pound salmon, deboned and fileted
by butcher
1 bunch fresh rosemary
1 bunch fresh sage
1 cup Irish whiskey
walnut oil, as needed
Mix salt, sugar, and pepper together. Place half of salmon skin- side down in deep pan.
Top with half of rosemary and sage, pour half of salt mixture over herbs, then place remaining herbs on top. Sprinkle with cup of whiskey. Cover with second side of salmon, skin-side up, and top with remaining salt mixture. Place another pan upside down over salmon, and put heavy weights on top of pan to press salmon. Cure for 48 hours in refrigerator. Turn fish over every 8 hours, and spoon liquid over salmon. Before serving, remove herbs and excess salt, and brush salmon with walnut oil. Chill in freezer for 15 minutes. Slice paper thin with extremely sharp knife, and serve with soda bread (recipe follows), caper cream cheese, pickled asparagus, sliced sweet tomatoes, and diced green onions.
Variations: Instead of using rosemary andsage, which give the salmon a woodsy taste, try dill and tarragon for a sweeter flavor orrock samphire for a lemony-pine flavor.
