Easy and Simple Gravlax

Ingredients

• 1 whole salmon fillet, with skin
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
• 1 tablespoon juniper berries
• 2 teaspoons coriander, ground
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice, ground
• 2 lemons, zest of, and chopped
• 3 tablespoons gin

Directions

1. 1

   Place the fish skin side down on a cutting board and cut in half crosswise.

2. 2

   Grind up the juniper berries with a mortar and pestle.

3. 3

   Mix all other ingredients with the ground berries.

4. 4

   Rub mixture all over fish.

5. 5

   Place the two fillets together flesh sides touching, skin sides out and put into large, heavy zip type plastic bag.

6. 6

   Let all the air out of the bag and zip.

7. 7

   Place in refrigerator, in a container just in case the bag leaks.

8. 8

   Turn twice a day and let cure for 4-5 days.

9. 9

   Remove from bag and slice paper thin on the diagonal, across the grain.