Pickled Salmon


Recipe by George Montag

(This will make enough brine for about 1.5 to 2 lbs of salmon )

  1. Combine all the ingredients except the salmon bring to a boil. Let cool.
  2. Put salmon pieces in a glass dish one layer deep.
  3. Pour cooled pickling brine over the fish and cover the dish.
  4. Refrigerate. After a couple of days pack into jars. You can eat it after the second day but it seems to taste best after the third or fourth day. It will keep indefinately in the refrigerator.

I think pickling spice mix is available at Corners and or Down Home.

If you can't find the mix the usual ingredients include: coriander seed, pepper corns, dried whole cayenne, bay leaves, cinnamon stick, allspice, dill seed. The mix is about 1/2 coriander and small amounts of the other spices. Don't use ground spices as the brine will be quite cloudy even with the whole spices.

Good eating, George

Copyright George Montag 2002

last updated September 4, 2002

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