Smoked salmon

Bayou_Buzzard

Got a recipe from a friend that dates back to his grand dad. Appreciate him sharing. Made it for this group a couple weeks back and all that was left was the skin. 





Decided was worth doing again as an appetizer for the Christmas lunch at work. Brined for 24 hours then smoked at 225 -250 internal
 temp between 155-160. Apple and pecan wood combo. Homemade apple honey applied 3-4 times during the smoke. Flame boss 300 makes it easy to control the cook. 











Might be be a new favorite. 

dsrguns

Looks great. Homemade apple honey sounds awesome. 

lousubcap

Looks great.  Do you air dry with a fan circulating air for a couple of hours to form the pellicle before hitting the smoke?
Brine recipe or is that close-hold?  

SmokingPiney

Nice!

I LOVE smoked salmon. 

Bayou_Buzzard

lousubcap said:

Looks great.  Do you air dry with a fan circulating air for a couple of hours to form the pellicle before hitting the smoke?
Brine recipe or is that close-hold?  

@lousubcap After removing for the brine I pat dry and then back into the refrigerator for 1-2 hours to dry. Put the first coating on apple honey on just before putting on.

The brine is 1/2 cup kosher salt to 1 gallon of water for up to 24 hour. 

lousubcap

I use the same ratio ( 1:16).  Clearly the difference is the duration.  Thanks for the reply.  I do find the fan air-dry helps with the pellicle, FWIW-

Eggaroo

@Bayou_Buzzard what is this homemade apple honey you speak of?  If you don’t mind sharing. Looks and sounds great. 

Bayou_Buzzard

Eggaroo said:

@Bayou_Buzzard what is this homemade apple honey you speak of?  If you don’t mind sharing. Looks and sounds great. 

@eggaroo - here is the link that I followed.

 https://www.living-vegan.com/vegan-apple-honey/

here is is the juice that I used. 

Bayou_Buzzard

lousubcap said:

I use the same ratio ( 1:16).  Clearly the difference is the duration.  Thanks for the reply.  I do find the fan air-dry helps with the pellicle, FWIW-

@lousubcap - going to do another on in a couple days. Will try the fan air dry. Thanks for the tip. 

lousubcap

This time of year I will do the air-dry thing outside as long as the air temp is cool and above freezing.  In the summer I place the fish on cooling racks over a zip-loc bag of ice (to keep 'em cool) inside the house.  FWIW-