How to Use gravlax in a Sentence

gravlax

noun
  • Don’t miss other popular items like shrimp tartine and house gravlax.
    — Destination Canada, Bon Appétit, 14 June 2019
  • Make up to two days in advance; if cured longer the texture will change from a silky gravlax to a more jerky-like consistency.
    — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The Morris’s head chef, Gavin Schmidt, cures salmon in chartreuse to create a sort of alpine gravlax.
    — New York Times, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Pick up a nice gravlax or sashimi to add variety, said Mike Lata of the Ordinary.
    — WSJ, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Hash Brown Latke Benedict with crispy potatoes, poached eggs, gravlax, hollandaise, seasonal fruit.
    — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral, 8 Nov. 2019
  • And instead of intermingling tricky recipes like spinach pie or gravlax with easy lifts, Copeland relegates the labor-intensive stuff to the back of the book.
    — Kelsey Lindsey, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2019
  • Take a seat in the noisy dining car and make friends with Swedes on ski weekends to Kiruna, bonding over bottles of Riesling and ribbons of sweet gravlax.
    — Monisha Rajesh, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2025
  • Our own test kitchen manager and oily fish-lover Brad Leone had second helpings then mused aloud about making a dry cure for gravlax with spirulina, salt, and citrus zest.
    — Carla Lalli Music, Bon Appetit, 31 Mar. 2017
  • Neophytes should approach the counter with reverence, having learned to distinguish between the delicatessen and the appetizing store, the lox and the gravlax, the cured and the smoked.
    — New York Times, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Cured with beet, dill, salt and sugar, the salmon gravlax ($13), whose accompaniments change between visits, would do Marcus Samuelsson proud.
    — Spencer Caldwell, courant.com, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Madison on Park offers a diverse menu of items like paleo bowls with your choice of carnitas or chicken, banana-strawberry Nutella waffles, smashed avocado toast and gravlax on rye.
    — Carolina Gusman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 May 2018

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