Ideally, to make lox (cured salmon), you need salmon belly, writes Cathy Barrow in "Bagels, Schmears, and a Nice Piece of Fish," "but I'll cure any part of the salmon I'm given. If it's a thinner tail ...

When buying your salmon, try to buy a section from the thickest part of a whole fish, and ask for it to be filleted into 2 pieces, leaving the skin on. To hold the fish while curing, ideally use two ...

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1 2-4 lb. piece of salmon, belly cut, Faroe Island (preferred) or Verlasso, as close to an even rectangle of uniform thickness as possible for best results. You may want to start with a smaller piece ...

Neil Doherty, the executive chef at the Marker in Houston’s Adam’s Mark Hotel (2900 Briarpark Drive) was something of a child prodigy. By 21, he was already a head chef in his native Ireland, where he ...

You say holidays, and I say gravlax. In our Danish-American home, the winter holiday season is not complete without making home-cured salmon gravlax. It’s simple to make and an easy, elegant appetizer ...

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There is some delicious science at play when fish meets up with a salt cure, an age-old technique that came from a need to preserve seafood in a safe yet still flavorful manner. A basic salt-based ...

The salmon, chives and creme fraiche in Dominique Crenn’s home fridge come together in this luxurious but simple, house-cured salmon dish. Crenn, chef-owner of San Francisco’s three-Michelin-starred ...

1 medium onion, peeled, grated and quickly pulsed in a food processor 1 large egg 2 pounds large russet potatoes, peeled and kept cold in the fridge ¼ cup matzoh meal 2 tablespoons chives, sliced thin ...