Karen's Beet Cured Gravlax - A Zest for Life

Ingredients

• ¾ pound salmon filet*, skin on, any pin bones removed
• 1 ½ tablespoon vodka
• 1 ½ tablespoon citrus juice, (I used clementine juice)
• ½ teaspoon citrus rind, grated fine
• 1 ½ tablespoons salt
• 1 ½ tablespoons natural cane sugar
• ¾ teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
• ¼ cup fresh dill, cleaned and coarsely chopped
• 2 tablespoons red beets, peeled and coarsely grated