5 from 4 votes
DIY Gravlax with a Whole Grain Mustard Sauce
Whether you're entertaining or relaxing, this recipe hits the spot.
Prep Time
20 mins
Curing Time
3 d
Total Time
3 d 20 mins
Servings:
8
Calories:
137 kcal
Course:
Breakfast, Appetizer, Brunch
Ingredients
whole grain mustard and dill sauce
- ½ cup whole grain mustard
- 3 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 1 ½ tablespoons champagne vinegar
- 1 tablespoon dill minced
salmon
- 1 pound salmon side cut in half crosswise, boneless and skin on
- 1 bunch dill
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- ¼ cup kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons fennel seeds crushed
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorn crushed
- lemon zest of 1
Instructions
- For the mustard sauce: Place all the mustard sauce ingredients into a mixing bowl and whisk together. Cover and refrigerate.
- For the gravlax: Place a couple sheet of plastic wrap over one another. Lay one of the salmon fillets onto the plastic wrap, skin-side down. Cover the flesh of the salmon fillet with the bunch of dill.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the remaining ingredients and mix together.
- Sprinkle the entire cure mixture generously over the dill topped salmon fillet and top with the other salmon fillet, skin-side up.
- Tightly wrap the sandwiched fillets together and place into a resealable plastic bag, removing all the air.
- Place the bundle into a baking dish and weigh down with something like a jar of tomato sauce. Refrigerate and cure for 1 day. Turn the bundle over and place “weight” back over the fillets. Continue to cure salmon for another day.
- At this point the bundle can be flipped and cured for an additional day or it can be rinsed at this point. (48-72 hour cure depending on desired flavor and texture)
- Carefully unwrap the salmon and gently rinse the dill and cure mixture from the salmon surface with a damn and sterile cloth.
- Thinly slice gravlax, removing it from the skin as it’s sliced.
- Serve thinly sliced gravlax over toast points with a drizzle of whole grain mustard sauce.
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Notes
- *Makes 1 pound
Nutrition Information
Calories
137kcal
(7%)
Carbohydrates
12g
(4%)
Protein
12g
(24%)
Fat
4g
(6%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Cholesterol
31mg
(10%)
Sodium
3742mg
(156%)
Potassium
323mg
(7%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
11g
(22%)
Vitamin A
43IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
33mg
(3%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 137
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 137kcal | 7% |
| Carbohydrates | 12g | 4% |
| Protein | 12g | 24% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 31mg | 10% |
| Sodium | 3742mg | 156% |
| Potassium | 323mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 11g | 22% |
| Vitamin A | 43IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 33mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.