Best 9 Gravlax With Mustard Sauce Recipes

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Indulge in the exquisite flavors of Gravlax, a Nordic delicacy that has captivated taste buds for centuries. This cured salmon dish originates from the Nordic countries, where the cold climate and traditional preservation methods have birthed a culinary masterpiece. It is a versatile dish, often served as an appetizer, main course, or even a delightful snack. The curing process, which involves a mixture of salt, sugar, and herbs, enhances the salmon's natural flavors, resulting in a tender and flavorful fish. Accompanied by a zesty mustard sauce, Gravlax elevates any occasion, be it a festive gathering or an intimate dinner. This article presents two delectable recipes for Gravlax: the classic Gravlax with Mustard Sauce and a contemporary Gravlax with Citrus and Dill. Both recipes offer unique flavor profiles, catering to diverse palates. The classic Gravlax with Mustard Sauce embodies the traditional Nordic flavors, while the Gravlax with Citrus and Dill introduces a refreshing twist, balancing the richness of the salmon with vibrant citrus notes. Whichever recipe you choose, Gravlax promises an unforgettable culinary experience.

Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!

GRAVLAX WITH MUSTARD SAUCE



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Make this Gravlax with Mustard Sauce for tea time.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Appetizers

Yield Makes 3 pounds

Number Of Ingredients 10

1/2 cup coarse salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon whole coriander seeds
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 (3-pound) boneless salmon fillet, skin on
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons vodka
1 bunch fresh dill, coarsely chopped
Thinly sliced pumpernickel bread, cut into squares
Mustard Sauce

Steps:

  • With a mortar and pestle, mix together salt, sugar, 2 teaspoons coriander seeds, and pepper. Place salmon fillet in a large baking dish, skin-side down and rub salt mixture all over the flesh side of salmon. Cover with plastic wrap, add a weight, and cover the entire dish with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 24 hours.
  • Combine the mustards, sugar and vinegar in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade. Process to combine, then add the oil drop by drop until the mixture is thick.
  • Wipe off salt mixture from salmon and rinse under cold water; pat dry and return to a clean baking dish skin-side down. Drizzle salmon with olive oil and vodka and sprinkle with dill and remaining 2 teaspoons coriander seeds. Cover, weigh down, and refrigerate for 24 hours.
  • Remove salmon from refrigerator and wipe off excess marinade (reserving dill for garnish). Slice salmon into 1/4-inch thick slices, removing skin; keep refrigerated until ready to serve.
  • Serve on bread, topped with Mustard sauce and reserved dill.

SMOKED SALMON TARTINES WITH GRAVLAX SAUCE



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Ina Garten takes avocado toast to a whole new level.

Provided by Ina Garten

Time 20m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 18

8 slices whole-grain bread, sliced 1/4 inch thick, toasted
2 ripe avocados, seeded, peeled and sliced crosswise 1/4 inch thick
1 lemon, halved
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
8 slices smoked salmon (about 8 ounces)
Gravlax Sauce (recipe follows)
1 small red onion, halved and thinly sliced crosswise in half-rounds
Dill fronds, for serving
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon honey mustard
1 teaspoon whole-grain mustard
1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons good white wine vinegar
2 1/2 tablespoons good olive oil
1 1/2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
2 tablespoons minced fresh dill
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

Steps:

  • Place the toasted bread on a cutting board and overlap slices of avocado on each piece of bread, using a quarter to half an avocado for each, depending on the size of the avocado and the bread. Sprinkle the avocado with lemon juice, then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place one large slice of salmon on top, ribboning it to fit. Drizzle with a tablespoon of the sauce.
  • Garnish with some red onion, sprinkle with the dill fronds, salt and pepper, and serve with extra sauce on the side.
  • Whisk together the Dijon mustard, honey mustard, whole-grain mustard, ground mustard, sugar and vinegar in a medium bowl. Combine the olive and grapeseed oils in a small measuring cup. Slowly add the oil mixture to the mustard mixture, whisking constantly, until emulsified. Stir in the dill and salt.

GRAVLAX AND MUSTARD SAUCE



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     appetizer

Time P3D

Yield 10 to 20 servings, depending o

Number Of Ingredients 8

5-6 pound side of boneless filet of salmon, skin left on
2 red onions, sliced wafer thin
bunch fresh dill, leaves pulled off the stem, chopped
1/4 cup salt
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup green peppercorns, coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon juniper berries, lightly crushed
juice of 2 lemons mixed with 1 teaspoon vanilla

Steps:

  • With tweezers or pliers, pull out the intermuscular bones of salmon. In a non-reactive dish (glass, porcelain, enamel or stainless) large enough to accommodate the salmon without crowding, scatter half of the sliced onions and sprinkle half of the dill on the onions. In a small mixing bowl combine the salt, sugar, peppercorns and juniper berries and mix them well. Rub half of this mixture into the flesh side of the salmon and spoon rub half the juice and vanilla on the flesh; set the salmon, flesh side down on the dill and onions. Rub remaining salt mixture into skin side of salmon and remaining lemon juice mixture over that. Lay remaining dill on salmon, then cover with last of onion slices. Cover with plastic wrap, then weigh the salmon down with bricks, small iron skillets or canned goods. Cover the dish and weights with aluminum and refrigerate for 2 to 3 days. During the marination time, spoon the juices the salmon give off and marinade back over the salmon. After 2 to 3 days, or when ready to serve, remove salmon from the marinade and scrape off dill and onions from skin side, but leave it on for garnish from flesh side. Slice salmon as thinly as possible on diagonal toward tail and serve with mustard sauce. Or set slices of salmon with a dab of mustard sauce on black bread for hors d'oeuvres. To make sauce, mix two mustards, sugar and vinegar until pasty. With a wire wisk, slowly beat in oil until it forms a thick mayonnaise like mixture. Stir in chopped dill.
  • for sauce: 1/2 cup dark prepared mustard, 2 teaspoons dry mustard, 1/3 cup sugar, 1/4 cup white cider vinegar,/ 2/3 cup vegetable oil and 1/3 cup chopped fresh dill.

GRAVLAX AND MUSTARD SAUCE



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     appetizer

Time P3D

Yield 10 to 20 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

5-6 pound side of boneless filet of salmon, skin left on
2 red onions, sliced wafer thin
bunch fresh dill, leaves pulled off the stem, chopped
1/4 cup salt
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup green peppercorns, coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon juniper berries, lightly crushed
juice of 2 lemons mixed with 1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup dark prepared mustard
2 teaspoons dry mustard
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup white cider vinegar
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup chopped fresh dill

Steps:

  • With tweezers or pliers, pull out the inter-muscular bones of salmon. In a non-reactive dish (glass, porcelain, enamel or stainless) large enough to accommodate the salmon without crowding, scatter half of the sliced onions and sprinkle half of the dill on the onions. In a small mixing bowl combine the salt, sugar, peppercorns and juniper berries and mix them well. Rub half of this mixture into the flesh side of the salmon and spoon rub half the juice and vanilla on the flesh; set the salmon, flesh side down on the dill and onions. Rub remaining salt mixture into skin side of salmon and remaining lemon juice mixture over that. Lay remaining dill on salmon, then cover with last of onion slices. Cover with plastic wrap, then weigh the salmon down with bricks, small iron skillets or canned goods. Cover the dish and weights with aluminum and refrigerate for 2 to 3 days. During the marination time, spoon the juices the salmon give off and marinade back over the salmon. After 2 to 3 days, or when ready to serve, remove salmon from the marinade and scrape off dill and onions from skin side, but leave it on for garnish from flesh side.
  • To make sauce, mix two mustards, sugar and vinegar until pasty. With a wire whisk, slowly beat in oil until it forms a thick mayonnaise like mixture. Stir in chopped dill.
  • For the assembly: Slice salmon as thinly as possible on diagonal toward tail and serve with mustard sauce. Or set slices of salmon with a dab of mustard sauce on black bread for hors d'oeuvres.

GRAVLAX SAUCE



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Provided by Ina Garten

Categories     condiment

Time 10m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon honey mustard
1 teaspoon whole-grain mustard
1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons good white wine vinegar
2 1/2 tablespoons good olive oil
1 1/2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
2 tablespoons minced fresh dill
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

Steps:

  • Whisk together the Dijon mustard, honey mustard, whole-grain mustard, ground mustard, sugar, and vinegar in a medium bowl. Combine the olive and grapeseed oils in a small measuring cup. Slowly add the oil mixture to the mustard mixture, whisking constantly, until emulsified. Stir in the dill and salt.

GRAVLAX WITH MUSTARD SAUCE



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Provided by Marcus Samuelsson

Categories     Mustard     Appetizer     Marinate     No-Cook     Salmon     Healthy     Dill

Number Of Ingredients 14

For gravlax:
One 2-3 lb. fresh salmon fillet (preferably center piece, skin on)
1 cup salt
1 cup sugar
2 tbs. cracked white peppercorns
3 bunches fresh dill, stems included
For mustard sauce:
1 tbs. sweet mustard
1 tsp. French mustard
2 tsp. sugar
1 1/2 tbs. white wine vinegar
Salt and pepper
3/4 cup salad oil
1/4 cup chopped dill

Steps:

  • Make gravlax:
  • Mix salt, sugar, and white peppercorns.
  • Take a handful and rub it on both sides of the salmon. Place the salmon in a dish, and sprinkle the rest of the mix on top.
  • Cover the salmon with dill, and let it stand for 6 hours at room temperature. Refrigerate for 24-30 hours, depending on how thick the salmon is.
  • Make mustard sauce:
  • Mix the mustard, sugar, and vinegar, and season with pinches of salt and pepper. Mix in the oil while you pour it in a steady stream. When the sauce has a mayonnaise-like consistency, stir in chopped dill.
  • Slice the salmon off the skin in thin slices, and place them on a platter. Cut the skin in pieces, approximately 1/2" wide, and blacken them in a very hot cast-iron skillet. Decorate platter with lemon, dill, and skin.

GRAVLAX WITH MUSTARD SAUCE



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Provided by Bobby Flay

Time P1DT6h

Number Of Ingredients 14

1/2 cup salt
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cracked white peppercorns
2 to3 pounds fresh salmon filets (preferably center piece, skin on)
3 bunches fresh dill
Mustard sauce, recipe follows
1 tablespoon sweet mustard
1 teaspoon French mustard
2 teaspoons sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
Salt
Pepper
3/4 cup salad oil
1/4 cup chopped dill

Steps:

  • Mix salt, sugar and white peppercorns. Take a handful and rub it on both sides of the salmon. Place the salmon in a dish and sprinkle the rest of the mix on top.
  • Cover the salmon with dill and let it stand for six hours at room temperature.
  • Put in the refrigerator for 24 to 30 hours, depending on how thick the salmon is.
  • To serve:
  • Slice the salmon off the skin in thin slices, and place them on a platter. Cut the skin in pieces, approximately 1/2-inch wide, and blacken the skins in a very hot cast iron skillet.
  • Decorate the platter with lemon, dill and skin.
  • Mix the mustards, sugar and vinegar and season with pinches of salt and pepper. Mix in the oil while you pour it in a steady stream. When the sauce has a mayonnaise-like consistency, stir in the chopped dill.

GRAVLAX WITH MUSTARD AND DILL SAUCE



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For a lovely light appetizer whisk up a tempting mustard and dill sauce to complement traditional salmon gravadlax.

Provided by English_Rose

Categories     Scandinavian

Time 10m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons superfine sugar
1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 egg yolk
2/3 cup peanut oil
1 tablespoon dill, chopped
1 lb gravlax
rye bread, to serve
freshly ground salt and pepper

Steps:

  • Place the mustard, sugar, vinegar, lemon juice and egg yolk in a large bowl and whisk to combine.
  • Add the oil drop by drop to begin with; continue adding in a steady stream, until the sauce becomes thick and smooth, whisking constantly.
  • Stir in the dill and season to taste.
  • Cut the gravlax into thin slices, discarding the skin (gravlax is traditionally served thicker than smoked salmon).
  • Place 3-4 slices on each serving plate and add a spoonful of the sauce on the side.
  • Serve straight away with rye bread.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 172.1, Fat 18.6, SaturatedFat 3.2, Cholesterol 23.6, Sodium 43, Carbohydrate 1.5, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 1.2, Protein 0.5

GRAVLAX WITH SWEET MUSTARD SAUCE



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This cold-cured fish and popular appetizer needs to stand in the refrigerator for at least one day, so plan ahead. The resulting fresh, delicate taste will be worth the wait.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Appetizers

Time P2D

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 side skin-on wild salmon (about 3 pounds), halved crosswise
2 cups fennel fronds or fresh dill, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup coarse salt
3 tablespoons coarsely chopped lemon zest
1 1/2 teaspoons whole pink or black peppercorns, crushed
1 tablespoon caraway seeds, crushed (optional)
1 tablespoon aquavit or vodka
Sweet Mustard Sauce(optional)
1 loaf pumpernickel bread, thinly sliced and crusts removed
1 small red onion, thinly sliced
1 fennel bulb or cucumber (peeled and seeded), thinly sliced

Steps:

  • Rinse salmon; pat dry with paper towels. Trim excess fat and bones, and pull out pin bones using kitchen tweezers.
  • Combine fennel, sugar, salt, lemon zest, peppercorns, and caraway seeds. Line a rimmed baking sheet with plastic wrap.
  • Spread a quarter of the curing mixture onto plastic wrap. Place 1 salmon piece, skin side down, on top. Rub salmon with half the remaining curing mixture, and drizzle with aquavit. Top with remaining salmon, skin side up, and rub with remaining curing mixture.
  • Wrap salmon tightly in the plastic wrap. Set a baking sheet on top of salmon, and weigh down sheet with cans or bricks. Refrigerate, flipping salmon halfway through, for 1 to 2 days (the longer the fish cures, the denser the flesh will be).
  • Unwrap salmon; discard liquid, and wipe off remaining curing mixture. Thinly slice salmon on the bias with a long, thin knife. Spread sweet mustard sauce on bread. Top with gravlax, onion, and fennel.

Tips:

  • To ensure the best flavor and texture, use fresh, high-quality salmon fillets. Look for fillets that are firm and have a vibrant color.
  • The curing process for gravlax typically takes 24 to 36 hours, but the exact time may vary depending on the thickness of the fillets and your personal taste preferences. It is important to cure the salmon for the full amount of time to ensure that it is properly preserved.
  • When making the mustard sauce, use a good-quality mustard that has a bold flavor. Dijon mustard is a popular choice, but you can also use other types of mustard, such as whole-grain mustard or horseradish mustard.
  • Gravlax is a versatile dish that can be served as an appetizer, main course, or snack. It is often served with rye bread, crackers, or blinis. You can also use gravlax to make sushi or poke bowls.
  • Gravlax is a perishable food, so it is important to store it properly. Once cured, gravlax can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. You can also freeze gravlax for up to 3 months.

Conclusion:

Gravlax is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for any occasion. With its bold flavors and versatile serving options, gravlax is sure to be a hit with your friends and family. So next time you are looking for a new and exciting dish to try, give gravlax a try. You won't be disappointed!

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