Pastrami Salmon

Name: Pastrami Salmon
Ingredients: 1 side salmon , about 2 to 2½ pounds, skin and bones removed; 1 cup coarse or kosher salt; ½ cup sugar; 2 bunches fresh coriander; 1 bunch fresh Italian parsley; ½ pound shallots , peeled; ½ cup molasses; 2 tablespoons cayenne pepper; 5 bay leaves; 4 tablespoons paprika; 4 tablespoons ground coriander seed; 4 tablespoons freshly ground black pepper; 4 tablespoons cracked pepper; Mustard oil; Rye toast; Potato Pancakes (optional)

Chef

David Burke

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Cookbook

Cooking With David Burke

Published by Knopf

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This image courtesy of Joseph DeLeo

After my stay in Norway, I experimented with gravlax recipes and developed this spicier version, which I named after the American delicatessen favorite.

Notes

To Serve: Cut Pastrami Salmon into thin slices on the bias, or diagonally, and serve with mustard oil, rye toast, and (if you wish) To Serve: Cut Pastrami Salmon into thin slices on the bias, or diagonally, and serve with mustard oil, rye toast, and (if you wish) Potato Pancakes . .

10 servings as a starter or more as hors d'oeuvres

Cooking Methodbrining

CostModerate

Easy

Total Timea day or more

Make Ahead RecipeYes

Kid FriendlyYes

One Pot MealYes

OccasionBuffet, Casual Dinner Party, Formal Dinner Party

Recipe Courseappetizer, hors d'oeuvre

Equipmentfood processor

Five Ingredients or LessYes

Mealbrunch, dinner, lunch

Taste and Textureherby, hot & spicy, light, savory, spiced

Ingredients

1 side salmon, about 2 to 2½ pounds, skin and bones removed
1 cup coarse or kosher salt
½ cup sugar
2 bunches fresh coriander
1 bunch fresh Italian parsley
½ pound shallots, peeled
½ cup molasses
2 tablespoons cayenne pepper
5 bay leaves
4 tablespoons paprika
4 tablespoons ground coriander seed
4 tablespoons freshly ground black pepper
4 tablespoons cracked pepper
Mustard oil
Rye toast
Potato Pancakes (optional)

Instructions

Place salmon on a platter. Combine salt and sugar. Mix well, and coat both sides of salmon with salt mixture.
Combine coriander, parsley, and shallots in a food processor and purée. Coat both sides of salmon with purée.
Refrigerate salmon for 2 to 3 days.
Scrape marinade from fish and discard. Dry fish with paper towels.
Combine molasses, cayenne pepper, and bay leaves in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer for 1 minute. Allow molasses mixture to cool and, using a brush, paint fish on both sides with molasses mixture.
Sprinkle paprika, coriander, ground black pepper, and cracked pepper on both sides of fish. Refrigerate salmon overnight.