🇫🇮 Finnish Cuisine

Savustettu Lohi

Smoked Salmon

Prep Time 3 hours
Servings 8
Difficulty Medium

Whole salmon slowly smoked over alder wood until silky and deeply flavored, a centerpiece of Finnish summer celebrations.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Mix salt, sugar, and pepper. Rub into salmon flesh. Refrigerate 2 hours.
  2. 2 Rinse salmon and pat dry. Let air-dry 30 min until surface feels tacky.
  3. 3 Set up smoker with soaked alder wood chips. Maintain temperature at 80-90°C.
  4. 4 Smoke salmon for 1.5-2 hours until internal temperature reaches 62°C and flesh flakes easily.
  5. 5 Rest 15 min before serving. Serve warm or at room temperature with lemon.

Did You Know?

At Midsummer (Juhannus), Finns light bonfires by lakeshores and smoke salmon on planks propped beside the flames.