Recipe - Smoked Salmon With Red Onion And Dill Sauce

=== SMOKED SALMON ===
2 pound Salmon fillet; skin on
2/3 cup Sugar
One half cup Kosher salt
1 cup Fresh dill sprigs
One fourth cup Vodka
1 tablespoon Liquid smoke
1 tablespoon Black peppercorns
=== DILL SAUCE ===
One half cup Mayonnaise
One half cup Sour cream
1 tablespoon Horseradish
2 Shallots; minced
One fourth cup Minced dill or chives
Three fourths teaspoon Dijon mustard
=== ONION GARNISH ===
One fourth cup Olive oil
1 lg Red onion; cut or sliced up
Sea salt
Cocktailsize toasts or
crackers

SMOKED SALMON: Place salmon in glass dish. Cover with sugar, salt, dill
sprigs, vodka, liquid smoke and peppercorns. Cover and refrigerate 2 days.
Turn over and refrigerate 2 more days. Remove from marinade and pat dry.
Slice into julienne strips. DILL SAUCE: Mix mayonnaise, sour cream,
horseradish, shallots, minced dill and mustard. ONION GARNISH: Heat olive
oil. Add onion and saute until golden brown. Season to taste with sea salt
and reserve. To serve, layer Dill Sauce, Smoked Salmon and Onion Garnish on
toasts or crackers. Yields about 2 dozen.

Each serving: 126 calories; 200 mg sodium; 28 mg cholesterol; 9 grams fat;
3 grams carbohydrates; 8 grams protein; 0.05 gram fiber

Recipe Source: Los Angeles Times 10281998

Formatted for Mastercook by Lynn Thomas dcqp82a@prodigy.com

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