Search locations or food
OR
Sign up
Nova Salmon | Local Smoked Salmon From Nova Scotia, Canada | TasteAtlas

Nova Salmon

(Nova-Style Salmon, Nova Salmon Technique)

Nova is a term that's usually used to refer to a salty, wet-cured, lightly smoked farmed salmon. The brine is often a mixture of salt, sugar, and water. The fish spends a few days in the brine before it's cold-smoked. During the days spent in brine, the salmon excretes some of its oils and absorbs the sugar and salt, resulting in great flavor and firmness of the flesh.


Generally, the flavor is mild and not that salty, while the fish can come from anywhere. The name is a reference to the wild Nova Scotia Atlantic salmon that was over-fished to extinction.