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Apple Cider-cured Smoked Salmon Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Hejhogg / All my dishes 1 month, 4 weeks ago Easy new twist on Salmon Prep:36m Cook:2030m Servings:4	Hejhogg
	easy apple smoked salmon

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Ingredients

1 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup salt

4 cups apple cider or juice

2 cinnamon sticks

1 teaspoon fennel seeds

1 teaspoon whole allspice

1 teaspoon black peppercorns

1 bay leaf

1 teaspoon red pepper flakes

6 sprigs thyme or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

1 large salmon fillets (about 1 pound each), skin and pin bones removed

A small bundle of wood chips or chunks

Directions

To make the brine: In a saucepan, combine the brown sugar, salt, and apple juice and bring to a boil. Add the remaining brine ingredients, remove from the heat, and cool. This brine can be made 2 to 3 days in advance and kept in the refrigerator.

Submerge the salmon fillets in the liquid brine for at least 6 hours or overnight, refrigerated. Remove the salmon from the brine and place, uncovered, on a wire rack set in a sheet pan. Refrigerate the fillets for at least 6 hours, or overnight, to dry them out. (A dry fillet will take on smoke quicker than a moist fillet)

To smoke the salmon: In an outdoor grill, make a small fire using mesquite charcoal or briquettes. Once the fire has burned down to a hot bed of coals, after about 1 hour, place the soaked wood on the coals. Position the grate 8 to 12 inches above the smoking wood and place the salmon fillets on the grate.

Cover the grill and shut any open-air vents. After 5 minutes, check the heat of the grill; large fillets will be cooked and smoked through in approximately 30 minutes if the heat is low, about 300 to 350 degrees F, while a hotter fire will cook the fillets in 15 to 20 minutes. Serve the salmon hot off the grill.

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Comments

peetabear 1 month, 4 weeks ago said:
Love smoked salmon.. great post...five forks

rottman 1 week, 5 days ago said:
Gotta try this one. It sounds delicious. I've seen many recipes for brining, but never one using apple cider and spices. Thanks.

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