Dragonmead Brewery Beer tasting

at the Wrought Iron Grill.

A list of Brews and accompanying Appetizers, specifically paired to each beer.

Thursday, March 4 th at 7:00 pm

• Bill’s Witbier- Cured Salmon Sushi.
• Lancelot’s Cream Ale- Goat cheese pate’ with herbs and Almonds.
• Crown Jewels IPA- Crab cakes with a Chili Watermelon dipping sauce.
• 6T’s Dortmunder- Fleischkuechle ( Flesh-Keek-Luh)  Pan fried beef and onion in dough.
• St. Nicole’s Weizenbock- Sweet Potato tart, Maple Pecans.
• Russian Imperial Stout- Black currant and plum buns with vanilla.
• Bob’s Holy Smoke- Smoked Sausage with apples and pears.

 Gravlax or Gravadlox is a must have for any Chef’s recipe book!  Smoked Salmon as Great as it is tends to be expensive to purchase and not as easy to do yourself as Cured Salmon such as Gravlax.

  You can use Gravlax for many different dishes and presentations that will impress and WOW your guests…and the best part is the main cost is the fresh Salmon filet’s.  Gravlax is extremely easy to cure…the worst part is waiting for it!

• 2 Salmon Filet’s, I like larger filet’s myself
• 200 grams Sea Salt
• 455 grams Sugar
• 20 grams Cracked White pepper
• 2 Bu Dill, Chopped
• 2 Lemons, juiced, use the zest as well
• 30 grams Olive oil
• 3/4 ounce Aquavit (or toast 1/4 caraway seeds and steep with vodka)

Trim the Salmon filet’s of fat.  Make sure to leave the skin on!  I place the filet’s in a 4 inch deep hotel pan and drizzle with Olive oil, lemon juice, and the Aquavit.  I combine all the other ingredients together in a bowl and mix together well.  Cover the Salmon filet’s thoroughly with the curing mixture and cover with a layer of plastic wrap.  Now place another 4 inch hotel pan on top and add weight.  Bricks, No 10 cans, whatever you have available? Refrigerate.

The Hard part is waiting!  I like to give it at least 2 weeks curing time.

The term ” Gravlax” means -to put to bed.  It is an old Scandinavian preservation method for fish.  People would use this cure and wrap the fish well and bury deep enough in the ground to stay cold.  Preserved in this manner for a long time they could come back later and dig it up when they needed food!

Salmon Gravlax goes very well with many things, my favorite sauce for it is sweet mustard, kind of like Mucky Duck?

Sweet Mustard Sauce

• 1/3 Cup Dark Brown Sugar
• 2/3 Cup Whole Grain Dijon Mustard
• some Chopped Dill

Super easy just mix everything together.  I love this mustard so much I use it on lots of other things!
Salmon: A Cookbook