Spruce is now at its best for use in cooking.
Spruce is an early summer treat. Mari Moilanen
The forest now serves free food. But remember: always make sure you need a permit from the landowner to collect the plant.
Spruces are the first signs of summer, but collecting them requires permission. They can also be used to engrave salmon. This is definitely not to be missed. Now is the time.
– I think spruces are the best thing in the forest, absolutely. Now I have already cooked two liters of cucumber spruce syrup and gravave with summer salmon cucumbers, says the food supplier Mari Moilanen Something tasty in his blog.
Kuusenkerk has a fresh taste of woods. Mari Moilanen
In Moilanen’s engraving recipe, in addition to spruce tops, there is also grated lemon zest on the surface of the salmon.
– Kerki has a fresh woody taste, which is nicely emphasized by the lemon.
Salmon engraved with spruce
1 kg of salmon
3 tablespoons coarse rose salt
2 teaspoons cane sugar
Grated peel of 1 organic lemon
2 dl chopped spruce beans
garnish with whole cucumbers, crushed rose peppers and coriander seeds.
1. Apply sugar first, then salt to the surface of the salmon.
2. Chop the spruce crusts, grate the peel from the organic lemon and spread the chop evenly on the surface of the fish.
3. Wrap the fish tightly in parchment paper, then in foil and refrigerate overnight.
4. Wipe the finished gravy fish clean of spices and cut it into thin slices. Place the slices in a serving dish and decorate the surface with whole cucumbers and crushed coriander and rose pepper seeds.