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Boiled Fresh Salmon

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1000 g fresh salmon (Rhine salmon or Atlantic salmon)
• 2 parts water
• 1 part vinegar
• 1 piece onion, sliced
• carrots, sliced (some slices)
• lemon zest (a little)
• 1 piece bay leaf
• 9 pieces peppercorns and spices
• 2.5 pieces cloves
• salt (plenty)
• parsley, chopped, or grated hard-boiled egg yolk (a little)

Instructions

1. Scale and thoroughly wash 1 kilogram of fresh salmon, preferably Rhine salmon or Atlantic salmon.
2. Prepare a broth from 2 parts water and 1 part vinegar, sliced onion, some carrot slices, a little lemon zest, a bay leaf, peppercorns and spices, cloves, and plenty of salt.
3. Let it boil for fifteen minutes.
4. Place the fish in the broth, bring to a brief boil only, then remove the pot from the heat and let it steep in a warm place, well covered.
5. To serve, lift the fish from the broth, drain, and sprinkle with chopped parsley or grated hard-boiled egg yolk.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.