salmon and coffeewood

Unknown

Tonight's dinner was grilled salmon topped with a modification of Gretl's dijon and bourbon glaze (I used brandy instead). Instead of alder chips, I tried some coffeewood that I received as a gift. The slathered salmon filet (fresh silver salmon from my partner's Alaska fly-fishing trip) was smoked at 150-200 deg for about 20 minutes afterwhich the temp was stabilzed at 350 for a 1 hour cook. It produced a wonderful, mild, not harsh, smoked flavor. I would recommend this wood along with the standard alder and cedar for salmon. We still have half the filet frozen for another go; probably next week.

Marvin

Maevin,
Sorry for the typo in the name.

Bordello

Maevin,
Did you flip, if so at what point or how many times???
Thanks,
New Bob

Marvin

New Bob,
No flipping. The filet was placed skin side down on a raised grill with a drip pan under it on a grill extender. The lid was closed and not opened for one hour. Fish was fully cooked and moist.

Bordello

Marvin,
Was the drip pan the only thing between the fire and the fish???
Thanks,
New Bob

Unknown

Maevin,
You stae the you use alder and cedar as standards for salmon, how do you use the cedar, as a plank?
Jim

Marvin

Jim Minion,
Yes. I've never used cedar chips; never have seen any of these. Do they exist?

Marvin

Jim Minion,
Yes. I've never used cedar chips; never have seen any of these. Do they exist? That's a stupid question; I can make them, but have you seen any prepackaged and for sale?

Unknown

Marvin,
Are you burning cedar for smoke?
The reason for the question is cedar can and will make folks sick when used for smoke.
The idea behined the planks is to place the salmon on the plank in the cooker and as it heats up the oils come to the surface and lightly season the fish.
Jim

BlueSmoke

MaRvin,
Any ideas where I might find coffee wood? Your recipe sounds delicious.[p]Ken

Marvin

BlueSmoke,
The box had this link on it with all the order info, etc. Have fun
[ul][li]Coffeewood[/ul]

Marvin

Jim Minion,
That's what I do with the plank. I was unaware of the trouble from burning cedar; guess that's why I've never seen chips for sale. Thanks for the info.

BlueSmoke

Marvin,
Thank you, sir. Just ordered 2 1/2 pounds of chips. Now, if this don't work out, I'm coming to your house for dinner... :-)))))))
Ken