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carrot salmon

Carrot lox recipe

Carrot lox is a vegan smoked salmon replica. Can be used in sandwiches, bagels, pasta, pizza, sandwich cakes, and salads.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 2 hours
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Scandinavian
Servings 10
Calories 20 kcal

Equipment

  • Sharp slicer
  • Pot
  • Jar with lid/container.

Ingredients
  

  • 3 carrots
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil, or rapeseed oil
  • 1 tablespoon sugar or maple syrup
  • 2 tablespoon white wine vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon liquid smoke aroma
  • 3 teaspoon sea salt
  • 2 teaspoon dried dill. Or ¼ cup fresh chopped one.
  • 1 teaspoon ground lemon pepper.

Instructions
 

  • Boil 3 liters of water. 12 cups.
  • Peel your 3 big carrots and wash them. Cut the ends.
  • Peel the carrots into thin wide slices of 0,5-1mm.
  • You end up with thick slices from the middle of the carrot, some thinner slices from the edges, and a part that could not be peeled, which you can eat or throw away.
  • Salt your simmering water with 2 teaspoon smoked salt or regular salt. Put your thicker slices in the water when it is just about to start boiling—set timer for 2 minutes.
  • After 2 minutes, add the thinner slices. Boil for two minutes and check if your slices are soft enough that a fork can go through. Usually, a total of 4-5 minutes is good.
  • Strain your carrot slices, and leave them there to cool down; they will additionally soften since they are hot.
  • Now mix your ingredients for the marinade. Olive oil, 1 teaspoon salt, sugar, vinegar, dill and pepper. A
  • Add your "halfway down" cooled carrots and mix thoroughly but gently.
  • Let rest in the refrigerator for at least two hours before serving. Overnight in best so that the flavors soak into the carrots. They are best after a couple of days. Stir your carrot slices occasionally.

Notes

Store in an airtight container for up to a week.
You can do the recipe without dill or pepper. Lemon pepper can be changed to pink pepper, black- or white pepper.
Smoke aroma comes in different strengths. The hickory smoke aroma is very strong. Applewood is best for carrot lox.
White vinegar can be replaced with apple cider vinegar. Rice vinegar already has sugar, so then you don't necessarily need the maple syrup.
Olive oil can be replaced with other oils.

Nutrition

Calories: 20kcal
Keyword vegan
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