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グラブラックス

also: ぐらぶらくす · ぐらゔらくす

Meanings

1

noun

gravlax; cured raw salmon

food / cooking

A Scandinavian dish of raw salmon cured with salt, sugar, and dill. Used in Japanese culinary contexts.

from Swedish

北ほく欧おう料りょう理りの前ぜん菜さいにグラブラックスが出だされた。
Gravlax was served as an appetizer in the Scandinavian meal.
グラブラックスはディルと一いっ緒しょにマリネした生なま鮭ざけです。
Gravlax is raw salmon marinated with dill.

Written forms

グラブラックス
Most common katakana spelling for the Swedish cured salmon dish.
グラブラクス
Variant spelling without the geminate consonant; less common but still used.
グラヴラクス
Spelling that attempts to reflect the Swedish 'v' sound; rarely used in Japanese.

Similar words

スモークサーモン
Smoked salmon is cooked through smoking, while gravlax is cured without heat.
刺さし身み
Sashimi is fresh raw fish, while gravlax is cured and seasoned.

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish 'gravlax', literally 'grave salmon', referring to the traditional method of curing salmon by burying it in the ground.