Does anyone know the difference between "lox" and "lachs"? I think they are both made from salmon. Lox seems to have NY Jewish origins, but I'm not sure. Lachs is Scandanavian.
2007-07-28 13:43:38 · 6 answers · asked by Amy W 6 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
Actually it is spelled LAX, one is smoked the other is cured, I am a former chef and worked as a Garde Manger in many kitchens and made my share of grav lax, and did smoked in a home smoker at least 10 sides of smoked, more the hot style apose to the cold smoke variety.
There is 2 types of lox, smoked and cured, Nova and smoked are the same fish and cured the same, only one is finished with a cold smoking process.
Grav Lax is fresh salmon cured with salt, sugars, fresh dill, black peppercorns, I like corinader and add some Danish or Swedish Aquavit to the marinate, the ingredients are mixed, and sandwich between two sides, and wrapped up a weight pallied and let cure for 36-48 hours, it is served similarly to smoked salmons with breads, mustard sauce or capers and onions.
Smoked salmon is more a sandwich dish and the same with Nova lox, Grav lax can be eaten on buttered bread with garnishes like an appetizer or canape, but it is a richer more intense flavour, and all are slice paper thin, you enjoy it better.
I have had an omelette with both Lox and smoked salmon, but not a cooked item for Grav lax.
2007-07-28 14:07:16 · answer #1 · answered by The Unknown Chef 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kirk Avondoglio, owner of Perona Farms in Andover, NJ, started smoking salmon for his family restaurant in the early 1980s. Now Perona custom smokes fish for the likes of David Burke, chef of New York’s Park Avenue Cafe.
Zabar’s, New York’s (and by extension, America’s) smoked fish mecca, gets the bulk of its salmon from old-fashioned Brooklyn producers like Marshall. Brooklyn has been a hub for smoked (or more accurately, cured) salmon production since the early part of the century. Barrels of salted Pacific salmon came east from the west coast. After 90 days, the salmon was soaked in water to remove much of the salt. This is lox, from the Scandinavian lax and the German lachs, words for salmon.
2007-07-28 13:48:32 · answer #2 · answered by willa 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I eat Lox I do not know what Lachs are, my guess it is Salmon, I'm part Swed.
2007-07-29 04:36:28 · answer #3 · answered by kim t 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of "Lachs".
2007-07-28 13:59:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
both are cured/smoked salmon
2007-07-28 13:48:33 · answer #5 · answered by chef.jnstwrt 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Same thing -- different languages.
2007-08-01 06:09:28 · answer #6 · answered by merrybodner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋