Smoked Salmon - Flakey or Not?

Bigger · March 2010

I have cured many a salmon into Gravlax - which is essentially the "bagel lox" we all know and love, but not smoked. It is not flakey, it is best sliced paper thin with a sharp knife. If I smoke a gravlax, will it get flakey? Or will it stay as oily and stiff as it is when it comes out of the gravlax cure?

the cures they you all have used before smoking - do they leave the fish stiff and oily like I've described? most pics on the forum have a pretty flakey appearance.

Thanks.
Collard

Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker · March 2010

there's cold smoking and hot smoking

cured fish can be smoked either way. if you want the silky translucent kind of salmon, sliced thin, then you'd have to cold smoke it. in that case, the smoke is for flavor, and the fish is not cooked. and the fish needs to be cured for that, since it isn't going to be cooked.

you can hot smoke salmon too, and that should be taken to maybe 145-150 internal. i don't ever cook salmon until it flakes, frankly. too overdone.

Serial Griller · March 2010

Check out this site.She has a great recipe for "cured /smoked" salmon.
http://www.georgiapellegrini.com/blog/?p=2619

Doug in Eggmonton · March 2010

I like checking out that site for other reasons.

GORGEOUS :woohoo:

Doug

Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker · March 2010

that looks to have been cold smoked. not sure how hot that stove top smoker gets that she used.

vidalia1 · March 2010

Hey I saw her first...LOL....and she hunts & fishes too... :ohmy: :P :laugh:

Smoked Salmon - Flakey or Not?

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