Receta Juniper Cured Gravlax

One of the first things I tasted aboard Viking Ocean’s Homeland cruise was an artfully arranged serving of Gravlax.  It was beautifully served in The Restaurant aboard Viking Star as we sailed for Denmark.  I liked it so much, it was the first of many times I had Gravlax aboard Now to a New Yorker,  Cured Salmon is practically an indigenous food.  This is especially true of “Lox” which derived its name from the Yiddish word for salmon: laks.  It is sometimes called “Nova”, a tribute to Nova Scotia where it was caught.  And of course, there’s also Smoked Salmon.  They’re quite different.  Lox is never cooked and it is only made from the salmon’s belly which is then cured in a salty brine.  Smoked Salmon, while similarly salt-cured, can…