SALT CURED MAPLE SALMON

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Number Of Ingredients 7

1 kg Atlantic salmon, skin on
1 kg Sifto table salt
1/2 kg granulated sugar
2 oranges, zested
250 g cracked and roasted black pepper
1/4 cup smoked paprika
3/4 cup real maple syrup

Steps:

Mix all dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl until completely combined.
Coat salmon in cure, and reserve 40 per cent of mixture.
Lay salmon skin side down on a baking sheet with half of remaining cure underneath.
Mix in maple syrup to remaining cure and coat exposed salmon in wet cure.
Wrap tightly in cellophane and leave in refrigerator for three days.
Flip salmon once every 24 hours for best results.
Once salmon is cured, rinse cure off well and slice salmon thinly and on a slight bias.