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Hot Smoked Salmon

Cure, dry and smoke your own salmon!

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/hot-smoked-salmon • Posted by Cat Morley

Smoking your own salmon is nice and simple, all you need is a smoking kit from Hot Smoked, some wood chips in any flavour you like, a side of salmon, brown sugar, sea salt and a nice mix of spices.

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

10 h 00

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
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Description

Smoking your own salmon is nice and simple, all you need is a smoking kit from Hot Smoked, some wood chips in any flavour you like, a side of salmon, brown sugar, sea salt and a nice mix of spices.

Instructions

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    Head to your local fishmonger and ask for a fresh side of salmon.

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    Place a generous helping of peppercorns, pink peppercorns, star anise and spices in a mortar and pestle.

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    Grind the spices to a fine dust.

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    Mix together the brown sugar, spices and sea salt.

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    Coat the salmon side in the salt and leave to dry out in the fridge overnight.

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    Set up the smoking kit in a hooded BBQ and light the wood chips.

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    Smoke the salmon for 10 hours and it's ready to serve and use in your recipes.