I am going to make Gravlax and found the following recipe:
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2011/11/30/chef-hamid-salmon-gravlax/
Ingredient list:
- 2 or 3 salmon fillets, deboned with skin on
- 2 lemon, peel rasped/finely grated
- 1 orange, peel rasped/finely grated
- 300 mills sugar (by volume)
- 150 mills kosher salt (by volume)
- 50 grams dill, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp fennel seed, toasted ground
Question 1: I am assuming that by "mills" he means milliliters. It seems highly unlikely that it could mean anything else, but I hate guessing. Does anybody know for sure?
Question 2: By "2 or 3 salmon fillets", does he mean 2-3 whole sides of salmon, or 2-3 portion-sized pieces of salmon fillet? Judging by the amount of salt and sugar (assuming of course that I am right in thinking that "mills" == milliliters) I think it should be the former.
Best Answer
1 I would say with almost 100% certainty he's referring to Millilitres by volume. 300ml is just over 10 fluid ounces and 150ml just over 5, which sounds about right for the quantity you're marinating.
2 By 2 or 3 Salmon fillets, I would think he's referring to 2 or 3 portions of Salmon fillet. 2 or 3 sides would be far too much for the marination quantities he's specifying.
50g of dill and 1 tablespoon of fennel look right too, although I'd say that was a lot of fennel.
Here's another one for it -
800g of salmon fillet, skin on, 3 tablespoons (45 ml) white sugar, 1 tablespoon (15 ml) Sea salt, 1 oz. (28 grams) fresh dill.