Tea --Smoked Salmon with Wasabi Cucumber 'Remoulade' with Toast Points Recipe | Ming Tsai | Food Net

Ingredients

• 5 cups water
• 1 cup sake
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup Kosher salt
• 2 tablespoons minced ginger
• 1 tablespoon toasted whole Szechwan peppercorns
• 1 side skinless salmon fillet, pin bones removed, 5 to 6 pounds
• 6 tablespoons pommery mustard
• 2 tablespoons wasabi paste
• 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
• 1/3 cup rice wine vinegar
• 2/3 cup canola oil
• 1/3 cup chopped cucumbers, peeled and de-seeded
• 1/3 cup chopped scallions, green parts only
• 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups long grain rice
• 2 cups jasmine tea