Phillip Schulz's Brine Cure For Smoked Bluefish

• 1 quart cool water
• 1/2 cup kosher salt
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/4 cup golden rum
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 10 cloves
• 10 black peppercorns
• 10 allspice berries
• 1 bay leaf

1. Combine all ingredients in a ceramic, glass or stainless-steel bowl.
2. Mr. Schulz marinates large bluefish fillets, more than 1 pound each, 2 days in this brine.
3. Smaller fillets can be marinated 1 day or overnight.

water, kosher salt, honey, golden rum, lemon juice, cloves, black, berries, bay leaf

Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/3682 (may not work)