Hot Smoked Maple Salmon

[Smoked Princess]

Ingredients:
Ripped up Dill
2 Tbs Salt
2 Tbs Brown Sugar
1/4 cup Maple Syrup
2 Litres Water
750 grams Salmon pieces

Method:
Combine all ingredients excluding Salmon in a large non-reactive container and mix together well.
Place salmon into brine, cover container and place in fridge overnight.
Remove salmon from fridge and pat dry.
Place salmon on a plate and place back in fridge uncovered for at least 4-6 hours.
Set smoker to 40 degrees and place salmon into smoker with water bath and your favourite wood.
After an hour baste salmon with maple syrup.
Baste again after another hour.
Increase temperature to 60 degrees.
Continue smoking and basting every hour until salmon reaches IT of 55 degrees
Remove and nom warm or chilled





Straight out of smoker, smoke colour/flavour developed after being in fridge overnight.

[urbangriller]

Looking Good Princess!

Chris

[chrisg]

Especially with some great salmon pieces like that around at the moment at very good prices, we just keep buying them

Cheers

[Weber-love]

Thanks for posting this recipe. I would love to try this.

What did you smoke this in and how did you keep it at 40 degrees?

[Rabika]

sorry just saw what you wrote.

we have an electric smoker that can go to 30degrees. we keep it low for a while so that the fat doesnt come out of the salmon

[Bear]

That looks great, can't wait to try this. Thanks Smoked Princess!

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[skuzy]

is this something that could be cold smoked?

[urbangriller]

is this something that could be cold smoked?

Yes it could.