Spruce Cured Gravlox with Spruce Pesto Crostini

Name: Spruce Cured Gravlox with Spruce Pesto Crostini
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 59 milliliters black peppercorns, roughly cracked; 59 milliliters black walnuts, toasted; 118 milliliters granulated sugar; 118 milliliters kosher salt; 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice; 12 servings rustic bread, as needed

The recipe Spruce Cured Gravlox with Spruce Pesto Crostini is ready in around 20 minutes and is definitely an amazing vegan option for lovers of Mediterranean food. One serving contains 160 calories, 2g of protein, and 9g of fat. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 12. It works well as a side dish. Head to the store and pick up peppercorns, kosher salt, lemon juice, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Wash and dry the salmon fillets and remove any pin bones using stainless steel needle-nose pliers.

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Salmon Fillets

Mix together the sugar, salt and peppercorns.

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Peppercorns

Sugar

Salt

Lay the salmon skin side down in the baking pan. Rub the sugar mixture into the flesh side of salmon.

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Salmon

Sugar

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Baking Pan

Spread the 1 cup of the minced spruce ontop.

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Spread

Drizzle vodka over everything, being careful not to wash away the curing mix. Quickly flip the salmon so the skin side is on top. Cover the baking pan with plastic wrap.

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Salmon

Vodka

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Baking Pan

Add the remaining spruce, black walnuts, lemon juice to a blender. With the machine running, slowly drizzle in the olive oil and puree the mixture until a smooth paste is formed. You may not need all the oil.Make the crostini: Slice and toast the bread as needed. Top each slice with some gravlox, a spoonful of the spruce pesto and a garnish of spruce tips (optional).

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Black Walnuts