Salmon is considered one of the most delicious fish species.It is a pity that in salted form, it is quite an expensive product, and not everyone can afford.To save money, you can buy frozen or fresh fish and salt it yourself.After a frozen salmon is delicious all the same.You do not know how to pickle salmon at home?Let us examine in this article.
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When you buy fish, pay attention to how it is fresh.Fresh salmon has no peculiar smell of fish, it smells rather pleasant, a bit like a cucumber.The flesh is dense and fresh fish quickly returned to previous form, if you click on it with your finger bones to the flesh tightly fitting skin supple and smooth.
Defrost salmon must be on the bottom shelf of your refrigerator.But such familiar to all "tools" like water (especially hot) - not the best way to defrost.After the fish will wash, and the arm with a sharp knife cut inside the carcass into two halves, thereby separating the rib and the ridge from the pulp.To make it easier to carve a fish, make sure you have it completely thawed.
If you bought the carcass of fish and do not know how to pickle salmon at home, think maybe you should not add salt it all?Some part of you can cook in the oven, roast on the grill, or cook a delicious soup.
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Thus, we consider how to pickle salmon: the first recipe.
first method, with which you can do this: dry salting.Lay out on a cutting board salmon fillet so that skin is proved below.Now mix one teaspoon of sugar, a spoonful of coarse salt and a teaspoon of ground black pepper.The resulting mixture is necessary to rub the fish on both sides, then fold it in half, tightly wrapped in a towel and clean for 2 days in the refrigerator.Salinization of salmon can be stored a week.Serve it is cut into thin slices, sprinkle with a few drops of lemon juice and add the greens.
second method salting - salmon oil.
Before salted salmon, which is a recipe for further, remove the skin from the fish, remove the spine and all the little bones, fillets cut into plates of about half a centimeter.
To pickle kilogram of salmon need 3 teaspoons of salt.Put the sliced strips in a bowl, sprinkle in to salt and mix everything carefully.Then add half a cup of vegetable oil, stir again.Put the fish in a jar and store in the refrigerator.At the end of 10:00 there will be a salmon.Optionally you can add a little vinegar, pepper and sugar.
following recipe as salted salmon at home requires a lemon
For salting need to take the two halves of salmon, sugar and salt in equal numbers, a little pepper and any other spices.To pickle kilogram of fish need to mix 3.5-4 tablespoons of salt and as much sugar.
At the bottom of the dishes, pour a mixture of sugar, salt and spices, put one half of the fish so that the skin from the bottom, sprinkle it with the next layer of the mixture, sprinkle with lemon juice, add any herbs and bay leaves (optional).The same should be done with the second half of fish, it is necessary only to lay up the skin.After all the salmon will be in the bowl, it is necessary to remove it in the refrigerator.To fish salting enough two days.
If you like the salted fish can eat it after the first day.Salinization fish pulled out of the brine, which is sure to appear, remove the pickle and salt-coating mixture, soak the fish with a paper towel.
There is also a quick way to pickle fish.After a salting salmon can be eaten almost immediately.So, you will need black pepper m fine salt.Cut the fillets into thin strips, put in a bowl or bag, pour salt and pepper, stir and leave for 45-60 minutes at room temperature.An hour later, the fish is fully ready, it can be added to salads or make sandwiches with it.
