Molluskwrangler - chef ?, duh!

JJsMom211

Have you ever made Lox? If you have or have not, would you happen to have a good method or recipe? We have enough Salmon in our freezer to last us a lifetime and I'm trying to get creative here. We've eaten Salmon a million different ways, we've smoked it, canned it, and now I'm thinking Lox would be good. My dad loves Lox so I thought I'd surprise him with some.

JJsMom211

Also, my H is STILL fishing for Salmon as yet another season has started. I'm assuming fresh would be better as opposed to frozen? But I'd like to be able to make some and then store it. We have a vacuum sealer, what do you think?

Molluskwrangler

I have made them, are you looking for more of a gravlox recipe or Scottish style, Nova (the more traditional "Jewish" style kind)? I've made the gravlox kind because they do not require a smoker.  All others are cold smoked though.

Molluskwrangler

Yes, fresh is better. Vacuum sealing it is a great way to do it for smoked fish.

Molluskwrangler

This one is closest to the one I used the only big difference is the size of the recipe, the one I had was for sides of salmon.

 https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Dilled-Gravlax-with-Mustard-Sauce-109242

You can swap out herbs, or try citrus zests and mix it up. I've done one before with orange zest and dill, it was yummy.

JJsMom211

I was thinking of trying the Nova style as I think that is what my dad usually gets. But honestly, my dad and H are not picky when it comes to their Salmon. They will eat it straight out of the river Man v. Wild style. I'm going to look at the recipe you posted and show it to my H. He's the Salmon chef in our house

Molluskwrangler

Nova isn't too difficult, I just haven't done it myself.

Check this site out, it seems really concise. https://www.sausagemania.com/loxmania.html

 

JJsMom211

Molluskwrangler:

Nova isn't too difficult, I just haven't done it myself.

Check this site out, it seems really concise. https://www.sausagemania.com/loxmania.html

 

That is a fabulous link! Thanks!!!