Time 1h50m Yield 8 Number Of Ingredients 6 Steps:
Combine cucumbers, tomatoes, and onion in a large glass mixing bowl. Stir vinegar and sugar together in a small saucepan over medium-low and bring to a boil; cook and stir until the sugar dissolves. Pour over the vegetable mixture. Marinate mixture in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Stir the reserved liquid from the herring into the vegetable mixture. Fold herring into the vegetable mixture. Refrigerate 1 hour more before serving.
Time 15m Yield 2 pints Number Of Ingredients 10 Steps:
Soak the fillets in a bowl of cold water in the refrigerator for 12 to 24 hours. Change water twice. To make the pickling solution, combine water, vinegar, seasonings and sugar in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Stir to dissolve sugar; let cool. Rinse the fillets with cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Cut fish in 1-inch pieces removing bones. Peel and slice onion. Separate slices into rings. Arrange herring and onion rings in alternate layers in sterilized jars. Cover with pickling solution and cap. Refrigerate at least 3 days before serving. The herring will keep up to 3 weeks refrigerated.
Yield 6 servings Number Of Ingredients 15 Steps:
Soak the herring in the milk for at least 12 hours or up to 24 to draw out a lot of the excess salt. Drain the herring, rinse, and pat dry. Cut off the fins and fillet the herring, leaving the skin on. Cut the fillets crosswise into 2-inch strips. In a saucepan, combine the water, sugar, vinegar, allspice, mustard seeds, caraway seeds, and peppercorns. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat and cool the pickling mixture completely. Arrange the herring fillets, onion, carrots, dill, bay leaves, and horseradish in a glass dish or funky Mason jar. Pour the cooled pickling mixture into the jar so that all the ingredients are completely covered with the liquid. Cover and refrigerate overnight or up to 2 days before serving.
Yield 1 pound Number Of Ingredients 9 Steps:
Put some salt in bottom of small bowl. Place fish skin down. Continue layering fish and salt finishing with a layer of salt. Put weight (dish or plate) on top and refrigerate for 4 to 5 days. Wash herring well and skin. Soak in cold water 1 hour, changing 3 to 4 times. Cut in 1-inch pieces. Drain and pat dry. Boil 3 tablespoons water with 1 teaspoon allspice. Add sugar, vinegar, bay leaves and pepper. Mix until sugar is dissolved. In a one quart jar put 2 cups pickling solution, some onions and herring pieces, laying them and topping with onions. Fill to top with solution. Keep in tightly closed jar in refrigerator 2 to 3 days until ready to serve.
Yield Yield: about 6 cups (P) Number Of Ingredients 8 Steps:
- Remove the heads from the herring and scale the fish. Wash well, open them, and remove the milt (roe of male fish). Clean the fish well, drain. Lay the herring and milt in water to cover in the refrigerator overnight.
- The next day rub the milt glands through a sieve or mash them well, and mix with 1 tablespoon of the sugar and a few tablespoons of the vinegar.
- Place in a 1 1/2-quart jar in layers the herring, onion, lemon slices, cloves, peppercorns, and bay leaves.
- Add the milt gland mixture, the remaining vinegar, and as much of the remaining sugar as your taste dictates.
- Cover the jar and keep in the refrigerator for at least 4 days.
Time 30m Yield 6 servings Number Of Ingredients 8 Steps:
Pat the herring very dry with paper towels. Beat the eggs in a wide shallow bowl. In another bowl, stir together the bread crumbs and black pepper, to taste. Pour the oil into a large frying pan, until it is 1 inch deep. Over medium heat, bring the oil to 375 degrees. When the oil is hot, dip both sides of the herring in the egg and then the bread crumbs, making sure that it is entirely covered. Carefully place the fillets in the oil, making sure not to overcrowd the pan, and fry them for 45 seconds to a minute, until they are golden brown. Drain and serve immediately, topped with a sprinkling of red onion, tomato and cucumber.
Time 20m Yield 4 serving(s) Number Of Ingredients 8 Steps:
Dissolve 3 tablespoons of the salt in 3 cups of cold water. Put the herring in the salt water, cover and refrigerate for 12 hours. Put the remaining salt, the vinegar, sugar, allspice berries, peppercorns, and bay leaves in a small saucepan with 1 cup of water. Stir this mixture over med/high heat until the sugar dissolves, then remove from the heat and cool. Remove the herring from the salt water and put in a shallow baking dish. Put the onions on top of the fish, then pour in the pickling mixture. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Serve right from the dish, yum!
Time 12h15m Number Of Ingredients 16 Steps:
Soak whole salt herrings for 12 hours in several changes of cold water. Remove herrings from water and bone and skin them, producing 6 or 8 fillets. Bring first 6 ingredients to boil. Remove from heat and cool completely. Put fillets in suitable shallow dish, strain pickling liquid over them and marinate overnight in refrigerator. Cut into bite-size pieces before serving Bring first 4 ingredients to boil. Remove from heat and cool completely. Put herring fillets in suitable dish, pour unstrained pickling liquid over them and marinate overnight in refrigerator. Cut into bite-size pieces before serving. Cut herring fillets into bite-size pieces, mix with sour cream, pickling liquid and onion. Refrigerate for at least several hours before serving.
