Ingredients1 whole salmon 2.5-2.75kg/4lb 15¼oz-6lb 1oz
1 onion, chopped
2 bay leaves
4 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 lemon, quartered
sea salt
cracked black pepper
Preparation method Place the salmon in a fish kettle. If you haven't got one a large roasting tin will do fine.
Add enough cold water to cover the fish (it must be covered). Add the onion, bay leaves, vinegar and lemon and a good pinch of salt and a little black pepper. Cover with a lid, or tin foil, and bring to the boil on the stove. It is easier and quicker to put two rings on underneath the fish. Once it is boiling, t