Leeks are one of our favorite vegetables. We use them for soups, salads, stocks and here in a puree and garnish form. About a week ago the weather here was very fall like. We had just gotten over a bad snow storm and once the snow melted we returned to cool air and very […]
Salmon
Home Cured Gravlax with Ouzo
Gravlax is a Scandinavian term for buried salmon. Fishermen used to salt the salmon and bury it in the sand above the high-tide line. We “buried” ours in a curing mixture and left it in the fridge for a few days. We began by purchasing a large piece of salmon which we halved […]
Home Smoked Salmon
It’s been a few years since we fished for Salmon on the Miramichi River in Canada. I have always wanted to try making smoked salmon at home and so when we bought some lovely Atlantic Salmon at the market I decided it was time to give it a go. The first […]