Swedish Sugar and Salt Cured Salmon

2 Salmon fillets; center cuts with skin left on
2/3 c Sugar
1/3 c Coarse salt
15 Coarsely crushed white peppercorns
1 bn Dill; large bunch

Remove any small bones from the fillets with a pair of tweezers or needle-nosed pliers. Mix the sugar, salt and pepper in a bowl. Cover the bottom of a baking dish with 1/3 the dill and rub half of the sugar-salt mixture into the first fillet, on both sides, and lay it skin side down on top of the dill. Cover with 1/3 of dill. Prepare the other salmon fillet in the same way, and cover with the remaining fillet, skin side up, with the remaining dill on top.

Cover in plastic wrap, place a cutting board with some heavy weights on top and marinate in the refrigerator for 24 hours. Remove from plastic wrap and discard accumulated juices. Rewrap and refrigerate another 24 - 48 hours. Scrape off the marinade and slice paper thin.

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