Gravlax

Gravlax is salt-cured salmon with salt, sugar, and dill that may be made at home. Gravlax requires only a few components, as well as little preparation and time. Most cooked fish meals taste best when served right away. Prior to the invention of refrigeration, it was normal practice to dry, salt, and/or ferment fish and fish eggs. The salt in gravlax breaks down and tenderizes the protein in the salmon's muscle fibers, while the weight compacts the flesh.

Ingredients:

• 300 g Sugar
• 300 g Salt
• 1 orange zest
• Dwelling herbs
• Black pepper
• 1 cup beet-root
• 1 cucumber
• 1 orange
• 2 quail eggs
• Lemon Juice

Instruction:

1. Mix the sugar and salt together. This mixture is basic for how to cure a fish.
2. Then you add orange zest to give a flavour. Add some herbs. In this case some dwelling.
3. As the last thing, add the beet-root. Beetroot gives the colour.
4. Mix all of them together, properly. Take all the ingredients mixed and cover the salmon in it. Is very important to cover the fish everywhere.
5. Then you cover the bowl where you mixed the fish with the ingredients. To speed up the process, put something on the top.
6. Leave it in the fridge for 24 to 48 hours, depending on size and how much cured you like your fish.
7. After taking the fish from the fridge, clean it under the water. Is very important to clean very well the fish of salt or sugar, otherwise, the salmon can be very salty. Cut it in thin slices.
8. Take the cucumber, peel and cut it into small dice. When you do that, take the middle of the cucumber out, because is too watery and has no taste.
9. Take an orange, cut skin out, and cut the orange in a few segments. For this you will need a sharp knife, otherwise, you will destroy the orange. Use the rest of the orange for the sauce.
10. Put water into a boil and when the water is boiled, add quail eggs. Cook them for 1 minute to 45 seconds. In the same time, reduce orange juice glaze.
11. Take the eggs out and put them into cold water and cool it down.
12. After the orange juice is reduced, season it with salt, lemon juice and finish it with a little bit of olive oil.