Pickled Aust Salmon

[cheaterparts]

well I think Salmon is better for bait than to eat but just to try something new I did a batch of pickled Salmon
and its not bad by the way
I only did a small batch to see how it would come out and will do it again for sure

so here how it goes I took about 8 fillets off 33 cm salmon deboned them skined them and cut them into bight sized bits ( about 1" squares )
them using about a cup of salt filled a 750 ml jar with a layer of fish and a layer of salt then poured white vinegar in till it covered the batch by and inch or so
gave it a shake to stir the salt and vinegar and put it in the fridge for 5 days giving the brew a shake each day to stir it up as the salt settles

I made up the finishing brine on the forth day and put in the fridge so it would be cold to assemble

that was
2 cups of white vinegar
1 1/2 cups off white suger
1/2 of white wine
2 teaspoons of mustard seeds
1 teaspoon of pepercorns
1 teaspoon of whole allspice
5 whole cloves
4 bayleaves
put in a pot and bough to the boil and simmered for 5 min , then cooled and refidgerated
this was more than enough to do a small batch

after the 5 days the first brine was drained off and the fish got a quick rince in cold water

the fish was then layed bach in the jar with a layer of onion - fish , onion and so on till the jar was full
and the second now cold brine was pored in
with the lid on moving the jar around to shake the air bubbles out of the mix
it was then left in the fridge for 3 more days

today I got to try my pickled salmon and I like it - for those that like pickled fish it's worth a go

[maverick]

Sounds great cheater, I will give it a go, just need to catch some fish first. Be interesting to try squid that way.

[cheaterparts]

Sounds great cheater, I will give it a go, just need to catch some fish first. Be interesting to try squid that way.

dont know how squid would go - it might turn to rubber but of cause it's worth a try

[Haynsie]

Love pickled fish. Reminds me of the Rollmops my grandad used to make from Herring fillets. He had jars of them stacked around his shack. Thanks for the memories Cheater!

Cheers

Tim

[cheaterparts]

Love pickled fish. Reminds me of the Rollmops my grandad used to make from Herring fillets. He had jars of them stacked around his shack. Thanks for the memories Cheater!

Cheers

Tim

I dont mind rollmops myself -

might have to look at doing some KGW or mullet rollmops

[cheaterparts]

just finished a batch of silver trev done the same way as I did the salmon

[Ghurkin]

just finished a batch of silver trev done the same way as I did the salmon

just needs some chilli's in there to make it look even more awesome

[cheaterparts]

just needs some chilli's in there to make it look even more awesome

some do use chilli others use sliced lemon .I will play around with the finishing brine and time goes on
it's a seams to be a bit like brewing beer, so many recipes to try

[Drifta-X]

Doesn't sound that tempting,
But I'm willing to give it a taste test.
What doesn't kill u makes you stronger.

[Ghurkin]

Doesn't sound that tempting,
But I'm willing to give it a taste test.
What doesn't kill u makes you stronger.

and chicks dig scars

ps. cheater you could always do a special jar for drifta with some eyeballs in it