Broiled Gravlax With Mustard Sauce

Total Time: 48 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 48 hrs Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 (1 1/2 lb) salmon fillets
• 1 bunch dill weed
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon peppercorns, crushed
• 1/4 cup dijon-style mustard
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 1 dash salt
• 2 tablespoons dill weed, minced

Recipe

• 1 place half of fish (1 fillet), skin side down, in ungreased 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
• 2 arrange dill weed on fish.
• 3 mix sugar, salt and peppercorns.
• 4 sprinkle evenly over dill weed.
• 5 top with other half of fish, skin side up. cover dish loosely with aluminum foil.
• 6 weight fish with 2 or 3 unopened cans. refrigerate, turning fish every 12 hours, for 2 days.
• 7 pour off all liquid as it accumulates around fish.
• 8 set oven to broil or 550 degrees f.
• 9 remove dill weed; pat fish dry.
• 10 cut fish into serving pieces.
• 11 broil skin side down with tops about 4 inches from heat until fish flakes easily with fork, 10 to 12 minutes.
• 12 to prepare mustard sauce (with last 6 ingredients):.
• 13 beat all ingredients except dill weed with wire whisk.
• 14 stir in dill weed.