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    Home > Blog > Holiday > Holiday Breakfast Recipes > Beet Cured Salmon Brunch Platter

    Beet Cured Salmon Brunch Platter

    by Jenny Park · Published: Aug 3, 2018 · Modified: Nov 23, 2020

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    A platter of beet cured salmon, bagels and veggies with wooden serving utensils.

    The weekend is finally here. You want to invite friends over for weekend brunch, but it’s summer, a billion degrees outside and the thought of turning the stove on makes you want to cry. What do you do? You make this Beet Cured Salmon Brunch Platter and impress the heck out of your friends! This recipe couldn’t be easier, you just need 20 minutes, a handful of ingredients, super fresh fish, and 2 to 3 days of downtime; the result is a tender, flavorful cured salmon with the prettiest magenta stripe running along the top.

    You can switch up the herbs and spices in the curing mix to your liking and add or take away whatever you want to the overall brunch platter. We have a non-beet cured gravlax recipe here, that we paired with a simple whole grain mustard sauce. It’s a total crown pleaser that takes minimal effort, so it’s also perfect if you’re entertaining over the weekend, but have a busy week leading up to the brunch. Enjoy! xx, Jenny

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    A platter of beet cured salmon, bagels and veggies with wooden serving utensils.

    Beet Cured Salmon Brunch Platter

    5 from 2 votes
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    RECIPE BY Teri & Jenny
    Prep Time: 40 minutes mins
    Curing time: 1 day d
    Servings: 6

      INGREDIENTS  

    lemon-dill yogurt sauce

    • ⅔ cup Greek yogurt
    • 1 lemon zested and juiced
    • 1 tablespoon honey
    • 2 tablespoons minced dill
    • salt and pepper to taste

    beet cured salmon

    • 1 pound salmon fillet (boneless and skin on) (boneless and skin on)
    • 1 bunch dill
    • ¼ cup light brown sugar
    • ¼ cup kosher salt
    • 1 teaspoon crushed fennel seeds
    • 1 teaspoon crushed black peppercorns
    • zest of 1 orange
    • 2 large red beets, stemmed, peeled and coarsely grated

    serving suggestions

    • bagels
    • toast points
    • crackers
    • sliced cucumbers
    • sliced tomatoes
    • sliced radishes
    • sliced red onions
    • capers
    • whole grain mustard
    • crème fraiche
    • whipped cream cheese

      INSTRUCTIONS  

    • Place all sauce ingredients into a mixing bowl and whisk together. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
    • For beet cured salmon: Place a couple sheet of plastic wrap over one another. Spread half the beets onto the plastic wrap, in the shape of the salmon side. Lay salmon side onto the beets, skin-side down. Cover the flesh of the salmon fillet with the bunch of dill.
    • In a mixing bowl, combine the remaining ingredients and mix together.
    • Sprinkle the entire cure mixture generously over the dill topped salmon and top with remaining grated beets.
    • Tightly wrap salmon and transfer bundle to a baking dish and weigh down with something like a jar of tomato sauce. Refrigerate and cure for 1 day. Remove jar and continue to cure salmon for another day.
    • At this point salmon bundle can be cured for an additional day or it can be used at this point. (48-72 hour cure depending on desired flavor and texture)
    • Carefully unwrap the salmon and gently brush mixture from the salmon surface with a clean and damp dish towel or paper towel.
    • Thinly slice gravlax, removing it from the skin as it’s sliced.
    • To serve: Place sliced salmon in center of a large platter and arrange accoutrements around salmon. Serve.
    Calories: 184kcal Carbohydrates: 17g Protein: 18g Fat: 5g Saturated Fat: 1g Cholesterol: 43mg Sodium: 4782mg Potassium: 528mg Fiber: 1g Sugar: 15g Vitamin A: 62IU Vitamin C: 11mg Calcium: 57mg Iron: 1mg
    CUISINE: nordic
    KEYWORD: bagels, beet cured salmon, salmon
    COURSE: Breakfast, brunch

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    August 3, 2018 / 2 Comments

    About Jenny Park

    Jenny Park is half of Spoon Fork Bacon. She is also a food stylist and recipe developer. One of her favorite foods is donuts. #sfbJENNY

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    1. Jackie

      February 10, 2021 at 8:14 am

      This looks delicious, but have a few questions. What is a side of salmon? Do you use smoked salmon or uncooked fresh salmon? If fresh, does this cure really make it safe to eat and should you get sushi grade just to be safe? Does the cure mixture get put on both sides of the fish or just the top? What do you do with the cream cheese and creme fraiche if you already have the yogurt dill sauce. How do you cut the fish (filet it)?

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      • Jenny Park

        February 12, 2021 at 10:03 am

        Hi Jackie! A side of salmon is a lengthwise entire half of a salmon. Our recipe actually doesn’t make that much and should say a 1 pound “salmon fillet”. I’ve updated the recipe to say salmon fillet, so there isn’t any confusion. The cure does make the salmon safe to eat. As long as the salmon is very fresh and of good quality, sushi grade isn’t necessary here. If you’re nervous though, you can always get sushi grade. The cure itself is just put on the top (skinless) side of the salmon, which will penetrate through to the bottom. The cream cheese and creme fraiche are simply listed as “serving suggestions” as another option next to or in place of the yogurt dill sauce. Everything listed under our serving suggestions are optional, based on personal preference.

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