Appetizers Recipes - Salmon in Vegetable Marinade Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 side of salmon, about 1.3 kg/3 lb

• 2 medium carrots

• 1 leek

• A few celery stalks

• 1 fennel bulb

• 3 onions

• 2 oranges, organically grown

• 1 lemon, organically grown

• 1 bunch of dill, finely chopped

• 100 g/31/2 oz salt-sugar mixture (1 part salt, 1 part sugar)

Serves 4

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Method:

1. Rinse the vegetables, peel and coarsely grate or dice. Wash the oranges and lemon in hot water and then cut into thin slices.

2. Combine the vegetables. oranges,  lemon and dill with the salt-sugar mixture.

3. Marinate the salmon in this mixture and weigh down first with a board and then with a weight, such as a heavy can. Leave in the refrigerator or a cool place to marinate for 48 hours. Turn the salmon over halfway through.

4. Thinly slice the marinated salmon and serve with some sliced baguette or small potato pancakes.

Note: This dish tastes very mild and fresh and can be kept in the refrigerator for several days. Leftover salmon can be tossed with tagliatelle in cream sauce, or made into salmon tartare or a salmon spread.