Gravalax - Jamie Oliver

dirtsailor2003 · Oct 11, 2015

I was watching Jamie's Food Escapes today and he made gravalax. His recipe used grated beets and horseradish. The color the salmon from the beets was incredible. All in all it looked like a good recipe to try.

The recipe can be found here:

http://www.jamieoliver.com/magazine/recipes-view.php?title=gorgeous-beetroot-gravadlax

cmayna · Oct 11, 2015

Wonder if the beet gives it a unique flavor. Hopefully not since I don't like beets. But that color is pretty awesome. Can you imagine that Gravlax cold smoked? Hmmmmm, maybe I see it happening here soon, especially with some of my pale colored early season Salmon.

dirtsailor2003 · Oct 11, 2015

He didn't mention anything about the beets flavoring the fish. He did mention the kick from the horseradish, which had me intrigued. A bit of smoke would be tasty. I'll be watching for your thread Craig!

daveomak · Oct 11, 2015

I've heard of "unscrupulous" fish mongers using beet juice to dye farmed Atlantic salmon to pass it off as sockeye... In the Safeway here, Atlantic salmon packages have "dye added" on the package....

cmayna · Oct 16, 2015

Case, Getting all my ducks in line to start this recipe. Trying to find the horseradish root aand that demerara sugar was a bear. Hope to start it this weekend after I go fishing.

Craig

dirtsailor2003 · Oct 16, 2015

Sounds good Craig, I'll be looking for your thread. Hitseradish root is all over here, not sure about the sugar. I wonder if raw it other sugar would work too.

cmayna · Oct 16, 2015

OMG! Check out this youtube. Guess who?

dirtsailor2003 · Oct 17, 2015

cmayna said:
OMG! Check out this youtube. Guess who?

Yep that's it! Looks tasty doesn't it!

hdbrs · Oct 17, 2015

I loved watching jamie at home on the food channel when he was on. I'll have to start searching youtube for his videos I guess. Just really like his simple style

dirtsailor2003 · Oct 17, 2015

hdbrs said:
I loved watching jamie at home on the food channel when he was on. I'll have to start searching youtube for his videos I guess. Just really like his simple style

The show I mentioned in the original post was on the travel channel

dirtsailor2003 · Oct 21, 2015

Craig I have been doing a bunch of reading and from what I gather is if you can't find the demerara sugar, turbinado sugar, would be suitable substitute. Even brown sugar could be used, but would probably give a bit of a different taste. I found a good hunk of salmon that wasn't super spendy so I think that I will give this a go. I might cold smoke half of it just for fun.

cmayna · Oct 21, 2015

Found it at wholefoods. Here's an update:

Salt/sugar mix with finely grated horseradish root and coarsely grated beet root. Then I laid the Salmon tail skin side down on the mix followed by the same stuff on the meat followed with lots of fresh dill, lemon zest, etc.

Saran wrapped and into a quart ziplok bag to help contain the juices. Mr. Brick to help keep pressure. Has sat this way for two days in the fridge.

Removed and cleaned off the very stainable beets stuff (wear latex gloves). Sprinkled some dry dill on. Currently air drying in the fridge. Hope to cold smoke this afternoon. Pretty wild color!

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dirtsailor2003 · Oct 21, 2015

cmayna said:
Found it at wholefoods. Here's an update:

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Wow that color looks like the salmon eggs when you cure them for fishing! Crazy bright! Have you tasted it yet?

cmayna · Oct 21, 2015

Haven't drank enough beer yet to obain enough liquid courage to taste it. Will do probably tomorrow after I cold smoke it tonight.......unless I go fishing tomorrow.

dirtsailor2003 · Oct 21, 2015

cmayna said:
Haven't drank enough beer yet to obain enough liquid courage to taste it. Will do probably tomorrow after I cold smoke it tonight.......unless I go fishing tomorrow.

Ha! I figured with the vodka or schnapps it wouldn't need any other liquid courage!

tropics · Oct 21, 2015

This is interesting

cmayna · Oct 21, 2015

Wholefoods also had the fresh horseradish roots as well. I have a feeling that a little bit will go a long long way.

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cmayna · Oct 21, 2015

Watching the cold smoker in the backyard with my belkin netcam while I'm doing yard work in the front yard

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dirtsailor2003 · Oct 21, 2015

When I lived at the coast the creek that ran through my property had horseradish root in it. We used it fresh my neighbor jarred it in vinegar. It does go along ways but it is tasty!

So here's mine. If all the things horseradish root is easy for me to find. All the stores here have it. The sugar no one has so I used turbinado. Dill, it took some hunting but I finally found it.

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dirtsailor2003
Oct 21, 2015

I cut this guy in half. We will have the tail end for dinner tonight. Wild Coho Salmon.

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dirtsailor2003
Oct 21, 2015

Yes I have purple hands!

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dirtsailor2003
Oct 21, 2015

All wrapped and weighted down. This will come out Friday night. I will cut it half and cold smoke half with alder.

cmayna · Oct 22, 2015

Looks good Case. Plan to slice mine up tomorrow night, to have some munchies foods for Saturday's fishing trip.

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