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🍽️ Fresh Lemon Cured Salmon

199 kcal · 40 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 Lemons (Organic)
• 2 cm Ginger
• Pink Pepper
• 150 g Sea Salt
• 75 g Sugar
• 600 g fresh salmon fillet (with skin)
• 1 Orange (Juice)
• 1 Lemon (Juice)
• 1 tsp Ginger (freshly grated)
• 1 tbsp Honey
• Arugula
• Pink Pepper

Instructions

1. 1. Rinse the salmon under running water.
2. 2. Pat the fish completely dry with a kitchen towel.
3. 3. Remove any remaining bones carefully with tweezers.
4. 4. Peel the zest from the lemons, avoiding the white bitter pith.
5. 5. Dice the lemon zest very finely.
6. 6. Peel the ginger.
7. 7. Grate the ginger finely or chop it small.
8. 8. Mix the ginger with salt, pepper, sugar, and the lemon zest.
9. 9. Take about one-third of this spice mixture.
10. 10. Spread the spices on the bottom of a shallow dish.
11. 11. Place the salmon skin-side down on the spices.
12. 12. Cover the salmon with the remaining spice mixture.
13. 13. Squeeze one whole lemon.
14. 14. Drizzle the lemon juice evenly over the salmon.
15. 15. Cover the dish tightly with plastic wrap.
16. 16. Place the dish in the refrigerator for two days.
17. 17. Turn the salmon once during the marinating time.
18. 18. Remove the salmon from the cure after two days.
19. 19. Pat the fish dry again.
20. 20. Scrape off the chopped cure ingredients carefully.
21. 21. Whisk orange and lemon juice with ginger and honey.
22. 22. Slice the salmon into thin pieces.
23. 23. Place the arugula on a platter.
24. 24. Arrange the salmon slices on the arugula.
25. 25. Sprinkle some pepper over the dish.
26. 26. Drizzle the prepared sauce over the salmon.
27. 27. Serve the dish immediately.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 199
• Protein: 15 g · Fett/Fat: 9 g · Carbs: 14 g