Cut two fillets from
the salmon, as close to the bone as possible. Mix the salt with the
sugar, the dill and the pepper. Put one fillet on a plate, skin side
down, distribute the salt mixture over it, put the other fillet on top,
skin side up. Put a plate on top and put a heavy item on this plate,
like a large can of beans. Put in the fridge. Every twelve hours, turn
the whole thing around 180 degrees (careful, because fluid will drip
out) for 3 days. Then cut the salmon in very thin slices and serve.
You can keep it in the fridge for a few Days or freeze it.
If you make gravad
lax and use a whole salmon, you will have a very big quantity. If you
do not want to freeze it, why not use some of it to make a
lax pudding?
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December 1896 the
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