Pickled Herring

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup salt
• 1 1/2 lbs fresh herring fillets, boned
• 1/2 cup vinegar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon allspice berry
• 1 tablespoon peppercorns
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 red onion, thinly sliced

Recipe

• 1 dissolve 3 tablespoons of the salt in 3 cups of cold water.
• 2 put the herring in the salt water, cover and refrigerate for 12 hours.
• 3 put the remaining salt, the vinegar, sugar, allspice berries, peppercorns, and bay leaves in a small saucepan with 1 cup of water.
• 4 stir this mixture over med/high heat until the sugar dissolves, then remove from the heat and cool.
• 5 remove the herring from the salt water and put in a shallow baking dish.
• 6 put the onions on top of the fish, then pour in the pickling mixture.
• 7 cover and refrigerate overnight.
• 8 serve right from the dish, yum!