How To Make Homemade Lox (Gravlax)
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pound salmon (wild caught)
- 1/4 cup salt
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 orange (just the zest)
- 1 lemon (just the zest)
- 1 handful fresh dill (divided in half)
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- First, mix salt, pepper, sugar, orange zest, and lemon zest together.
- Now, rub the salt/sugar mixture on both sides of the salmon.
- Next, lay half the dill on the bottom of the dish. Then place salmon on the dill.
- Now, cover top of salmon with other half the dill.
- Next, wrap the dish with saran wrap and leave in refridge for 3 days.
- Finally, take the salmon out of the fridge. Rinse the salmon throughly with water, pat dry, and slice thin. Happy Bagel and lox eating!