Gravlax

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2017, America's Test Kitchen TV

Unlike its cousins smoked salmon, lox, and nova, which are all usually brined and then smoked, gravlax relies on a one-step process.

SERVES 6 (Makes about 1 pound salmon)

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Unlike its cousins smoked salmon, lox, and nova, which are all usually brined and then smoked, gravlax relies on a one-step process. The name, derived from gravad lax (Swedish for “buried salmon”), alludes to covering the fish with a salt-a...

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