Christer Larssons Spiced Aquavit Recipes

Steps:

• Wash and dry orange. Beginning at 1 end, with a vegetable peeler carefully remove a long strip of zest in a spiral from half of orange and add with spices to bottle of vodka. Let vodka stand at room temperature 3 days. Freeze aquavit in bottle at least 8 hours, or until ice-cold, and up to 3 days. (Because of its high alcohol content, aquavit will remain liquid.)
• Pour aquavit into a decanter and serve ice-cold.

Steps:

• About three hours in advance, rub the salmon steaks with the oil, garlic and garam masala. Cover and refrigerate.
• While the fish is marinating, melt the sugar in a saucepan; then, add 2 tablespoons of the ginger and the vinegar. Bring to a simmer, and cook for a minute; then, add the mangoes. Simmer over low heat about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, so the mangoes don't stick. The mangoes should hold their shape. Remove from the heat, and refrigerate.
• Whisk the honey with the tamarind concentrate (if using), the remaining ginger, the mint leaves, the cumin and the turmeric. Fold into the yogurt, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Refrigerate.
• Preheat the grill. Remove salmon from marinade, and grill 4 to 5 minutes on each side, or until cooked to taste. Serve accompanied by the cooked mango and the yogurt sauce.