Honey Cure

• 4 cup cold water
• 3/4 cup honey
• 4 strips of lemon zest
• 1/2 cup coarse salt (sea or kosher)
• 10 whole cloves
• 10 peppercorns
• 2 bay leaves
• 10 allspice berries

1. Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and whisk until the salt and honey are dissolved.
2. Use immediately.
3. *This cure was designed for fish, but can also be used for turkey, chicken, or pork.
4. Cover and marinate small pieces of fish or pork for 1 to 2 hours, medium pieces of fish or pork for 2 to 3 hours, and large pieces of fish or pork overnight in the refrigerator.
5. Chicken breasts or turkey breasts need 2 to 4 hours, and a whole bird needs to be marinated overnight.
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7. **This recipe can be used on any fish, but my friend used it on salmon and it was excellent.
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9. ***This recipe makes 4 cups, enough for 2 pounds of fish, poultry, or pork.
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cold water, honey, lemon zest, coarse salt, cloves, peppercorns, bay leaves, berries

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/360715-honey-cure (may not work)