Mormors Swedish Gravlax With Mustard Dill Sauce to Match

Passed down from my grandmother to my mother and now to me. This recipe is an easy to follow and tastes amazing. Very Swedish tasting and goes great on toasted white bread with the mustard dill sauce on top. Submitted to preserve the recipe and share it with the world! Served traditionally at Christmas and Easter.

• Ready In: 96 hrs 30 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• For Gravlax

• 1  kg salmon, with skin on in 2 pieces of even size (best are the middle pieces)
• 2  tablespoons  normal salt
• 3  tablespoons  normal white sugar
• 2  pinches white pepper (careful with this, it's very strong!)
• 5  tablespoons fresh dill, roughly chopped
• 1⁄3 liter  cheap dark  liquor, to wash salmon (cognac, brandy, whiskey)

• For Mustard Dill Sauce (enough for 1kg of salmon)

• 2  egg yolks (at room temperature)
• 4  tablespoons  milk mustard (yellow american hot dog style)
• 2  tablespoons  strong mustard (non-grainy Dijon)
• 4  tablespoons  normal white sugar
• 2  pinches salt
• 2  pinches ground black pepper
• 1  tablespoon white wine vinegar
• 3  tablespoons olive oil
• 4  tablespoons fresh dill, finely chopped without stems
• 1  teaspoon lemon juice

Directions

1. Mix salt, sugar, and white pepper to form the seasoning mix.
2. Preparing storing dish (glass, metal, etc is fine - only has to hold wrapped up fish for 4 days in fridge) by placing a generous amount of aluminium foil on it.
3. Chop a handful of dill roughly and place 1/4 of it in the dish to form a bed for the salmon to sit on.
4. Take the two equal size pieces of salmon and wash over the sink with the dark liquor. Pat to dry and place aside.
5. Using half of the dry mix, rub the mix into one salmon piece to cover all sides. Use the remaining dry mix for the other salmon piece.
6. Place the first salmon piece skin down on the bed of dill. Place more dill on top and around the sides.
7. Place the second salmon piece (skin up) on top of the first piece to form a salmon sandwich with dill in between and all around both pieces.
8. Wrap tightly with the aluminum foil previously laid over the dish.
9. Place dish in the fridge with a heavy-ish cookbook on top of the wrapped up salmon. Make sure it will evenly distribute its weight over the packed salmon. This is to squeeze the liquid out of the salmon.
10. Wait two days, drain any liquid out of the dish, flip the salmon pack over and place back in the fridge with the book on top.
11. Wait another 2 days and voila! You now have gravlax ready to serve. Slice it thinly with a fillet knife (check youtube for technique).
12. To prepare the mustard dill sauce: Take all ingredients (except olive oil and dill) and whisk together in a bowl. Put olive oil in a container suitable for slowly pouring into the mixture. While whisking, slowing pour in olive oil to ensure it mixes well. Keep whisking. Add the finely chopped dill into the mixture (ensuring there are no stems in the dill). All done!