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I have always wanted to cure my own salmon. I remember watching an episode of Brunch at Bobby’s where B Flay (my nickname for Bobby) was curing a salmon. It looked so easy. I only needed planning because the salmon needs to cure for at least 2 days. And I needed a system for storing the salmon during the cure. Thanks to FoodSaver I had the answer for the storing system. I am happy to share this post for my Cured Salmon & FoodSaver Giveaway with my readers. That is right, another chance to give my readers a neat product.
Cured Salmon & FoodSaver Giveaway
If you are like me, there are one or two tools you would really like in your kitchen. If you are also like me, you cook way too much food for the audience – wait, I hear my wife now saying “how many people do you think we are having over for dinner?” It is no fun to cook for a few people and I love leftovers. But then, I do worry about wasting food. Problem solved – A vacuum sealer from FoodSaver.
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I associated a FoodSaver with storing my extra food when I make too much but my first idea for its use was for storing the salmon during the cure. Was it hard to use? After the first time learning how to use this product, it is so easy. Takes only seconds. I know I sound like a commercial but this is a really practical and easy to use product. I am excited because I have already saved the extras from my Cured Salmon (yes, I made way to much) for a future date and have been thinking of creative new recipes.
- One 2-pound salmon fillet
- 1/2 cup dill
- 2 cups kosher salt
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 - 1/2 cups vodka
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients.
- Drop the fish into the bowl and massage the cure mixture into the fish.
- Wrap the salmon using your FoodSaver vacuum sealer (I poured the liquid in the bag as well). Place in refrigerator for at least 48 hours (Put something heavy on the salmon to press in the cure).
- Turn the bag over a few times during the 48 hour curing process.
- Cut the bag open, remove the salmon and rinse the cure off under cold, running water.
- Pat dry and slice diagonally into paper-thin slices.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Ingredients.
Ingredients
Salmon in Cure.
Salmon in Cure
Salmon after Cure.
Salmon after Cure
Sealing 1st side of Bag.
Sealing 1st side of Bag
Putting Salmon in the 1/2 Sealed Bag.
Putting Salmon in the 1/2 Sealed Bag
Vacuum Seal and Sealing of Bag for 48 Hour Cure.
Vacuum Seal and Sealing of Bag for 48 Hour Cure
Sealed Salmon.
Sealed Salmon
Plated.
Plated
Serve and enjoy!
Could you exchange Limoncello for the vodka and lemon juice? I have a lot of homemade Limoncello in my freezer, but no vodka in the house!
I would think that would work well. Lemon goes well with salmon. Only question is how strong of a lemon taste would be imparted.
Looks awesome. I love salmon and want to try this. Do you have a recipe for the base that the salmon is on top of?
Darryl, I had the good fortune to get these latkes from my sister-in-law. She makes the best lakes. I do not have her recipe but here is a link to an Epicurious recipe that looks pretty similar – http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Potato-Latkes-104406.
Well how did it taste?!
It tasted really good. I do have to say though that I had to remind myself that it was not smoked salmon which I love and is the way this dish is most often served.
I hate to say it but we do throw food away
We all hate it. Thx for stopping by.
I DO end up having to throw away food and I find it so sad! With such a busy schedule, I have the best intentions to use every piece, but it doesn’t always happen.
I think we all have good intentions. So the FoodSaver helps us keep those intentions.
Your recipe looks fabulous! I’d love to have one of those Foodsavers! Sometimes I have to throw food away, but it’s a priority to me to not throw stuff away.
Well maybe, you will win.
I really try not to throw away food but yes, sometime I do. I do have an old foodsaver (that’s on its last leg) and I try to use it as much as possible. The salmon sounds amazing!!
Well you were ahead of me if you were already using a FoodSaver.
I have sadly. And as a family of 5 it can be such a sad waste! I need to get this. Also I’ve been wanting to cure my own salmon. My toddler twins love gravalox!
Erica, I am an identical twin. I am sure you have your hands full with toddler twins.
Yes, I do sometimes have to throw away food. I hate that.
I heard about you in a Google search. I’d love to win a FoodSaver for my leftovers. I often take them to my Mom so she has easy, nutritious meals. Also, we grow blackberries and raspberries, just enough for our year round use for cobblers and such. Right now I just use freezer bags. Freezing them in a Foodsaver bags would give me a much better product year round.
Deb, that is awesome. You have a lucky mom!
I would love to have a food saver, your pictures look so delicious! Happy New Year!! Nettie
Happy New Year to you too. Maybe you will win?
This is incredible! I am always so impressed by the things that you can do these days with unique tools. The salmon looks goood!
I am too. I am sure there are more uses for the FoodSaver than I have yet figured out.
Sometimes throw away food? How about ALL the time!!!! Hate it too.
This looks mouthwatering and a must-try very soon! I have read so many good things about the Foodsaver lately and am now considering purchasing one!
Well maybe you can win one instead?!
I love cured Salmon. I’m assuming you can do this without the food saver.
You sure can but the FoodSaver bag process made the storing and curing phase super easy.
I love salmon and that food saver is just the perfect job!
Yes it was. Thx.
Love, love, love cure salmon and my food saver!
Oh, you already have one. Then, you already knew how handy it is.
I hate it, but yes I do toss food because it gets lost in the fridge.
Thx for stopping by Alison.
I wish I liked salmon! Those look so yummy! I just said the other day we should look into getting a food saver!
Then this is serendipity. It is a great tool.
I try really hard to not waste any food, but there is only so much you can freeze. A food saver would be so great!
And I can’t even tell you how much I adore lox. Fresh salmon on a bagel is the best way to start any day. Your salmon “lox” fantastic! =)
Jennifer, we all try. Lox is the best and this recipe was a lot easier than I knew.
I’ve had to throw food away before. I just had to throw out some meat yesterday, in fact. It felt like such a waste of money.
This looks absolutely delicious! I’m always having to throw away food. With just 2 of us in the house, things go bad very quickly!
Becca, we have the same challenge with only 2 of us in the house.
I live alone, so I do tend to have to throw food away. And I hate it. I try freezing whatever I can but it still sits in there forever sometimes!
Candace, I share your problem. I think, with this FoodSaver, your foods will stay in the freezer much longer and taste so much better when you pull them out.
This is such a lovely recipe! I truely love it!
Thx Del.
I have never cured a salmon and looks so easy! I love your little bites and they look like the perfect appetizer for the coming festivities! I wish to you a very happy New Year! May 2015 be another year of delicious creations for you!
Thx Katerina and happy new year to you and your family.
I do my absolute best to not waste food. It’s one of my big hang-ups. But sadly it does happen.
I think we all try. Now I have very little excuse for wasting food.
I regularly have to throw away food. It’s just me here, so if I forget to put away the leftovers, they go bad.
I used to throw away way too much food. With the FoodSaver, I am hopeful, that has changed.
I love curing my own salmon. Haven’t done it in a while though… thanks for the idea Peter, I must make these little salmon appetizers!
Do you have a recipe for your cure?
Looks like a great product and sadly, we toss out food more often than I would care to admit.
Dan, it is a shame. We all do and we could share it with others too.
Wow–so easy!
And yes, hate to admit it, but I throw away food more often than I’d like!
Valerie, so do I but not anymore. Sealed up two more things this week. So easy.
I do have to sometimes throw away food. I hate it. It’s just throwing away money. This is a great recipe and giveaway.
Nicky, that is how I felt. Now I am not wasting food or money!
I hate throwing away food!! I have always wanted one of these food savers! Wow! Great post and giveaway!
Thx Michaela. I always wanted one too. Not sure what took me so long to get one. It is definitely worth the money because you save so much by not wasting food.
Yes I throw away food. I try not to but inevitably something hides in the fridge and gets lost!
I know exactly what you are saying Jenny.