Sunday Brunch: Tea Cured Gravlax Recipe

• 3/4 - 1 pound filet of salmon
• 1 tablespoon jasmine tealeaves
• 1 tablespoon green tealeaves
• 1/2 cup kosher salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons cracked black pepper

1. Mix jasmine and green tea in small bowl. Cover with boiling water and let sit 3-5 minutes until tealeaves are fully soaked, drain and cool.Combine salt, sugar and cracked black pepper and mix until well combined.
2. Place 1/2 cup of salt/sugar mixture on bottom of pyrex or glass dish. Place salmon filet skin side down on salt/sugar mixture. Evenly coat top of salmon filet with moistened tea then coat with remaining sugar/salt mixture.
3. Wrap a piece of cardboard that is small enough to cover with filet without touching the sides of the dish with foil. Cover dish loosely with plastic, place cardboard wrapped with foil on top of plastic followed by a one-pound can. Refrigerate for 3 days, or up to a week.
4. When ready to serve remove from cure and wipe off remaining tea and salt/sugar mixture. Slice very thinly and serve with bagels and cream cheese for brunch, or on rye bread or blinis with a dab of sour cream or creme fraiche for cocktail parties. A glass of sparkling wine goes very well with this gravlax at either time of day.

filet of salmon, jasmine tealeaves, green tealeaves, kosher salt, sugar, cracked black pepper

Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2010/12/tea-cured-gravlax-recipe.html (may not work)