Herring is a fairly popular type of fish. Herring is a very healthy product that is relatively inexpensive. You can cook it in any convenient way, but, as practice shows, salty herring is in special demand.
Is it possible to cook herring homemade salting? Of course yes. Next, we consider the simplest methods of salting herring, according to which you can practice at home, as well as the main features that can be encountered in this process.
How to choose a fish
In order to cook a delicious salted fish, you need to be able to choose it correctly. Let us further consider the main features of this process.
When choosing a herring, one must pay attention to its weight. For salting, it is best to take carcasses of medium or large size, weighing about 300-350 g, fatty varieties.
In addition, we must pay attention to the freshness of the fish. Her skin should be holistic, and her eyes should be transparent and convex. If it is possible to appreciate its gills, then preference should be given to those carcasses in which they have a red tint. The crushed and wrinkled fish for salting is not suitable.
For salting, it is advisable to use fresh fish. If it turns out to be frozen, then the carcasses must be thawed in advance, and naturally, without the use of hot and warm water.
Next, we consider the most successful recipes for creating herring homemade salting, according to which you can make insanely delicious fish.
Spiced ambassador
In order to cook spicy salted herring at home, you need to prepare a couple of medium-sized carcasses, washing them and removing the gills with the insides, as well as cutting off the heads.
In a separate bowl, prepare a herring brine. To do this, boil a liter of water, after which at the time of boiling it should be lowered into 2 liters. sugar and salt, as well as spices:
- dried cloves (4-5 buds);
- allspice and black pepper (a total of 15 peas);
- bay leaf (2-3 pcs.).
Next, the marinade should be boiled for 3-4 minutes, and then remove it from the heat and let it cool completely.
The fish should be poured with cold brine, then let it brew for about 3-4 hours at room temperature and placed in the refrigerator for two days.
Oil marinade
Consider another option for the whole homemade salted herring. To prepare it using this method, you need to take a couple of fish carcasses, clean them from all the insides, heads and gills, rinse thoroughly and, after drying, put it in a container for pickling.
Separately, you should prepare a brine for fish. To do this, take a liter of water and bring the liquid to a boil, then dilute a spoonful of sugar in it and two - salt. After a couple of minutes, the fire must be turned off, and the marinade must be cooled.
In a cold marinade, add a spoonful of sunflower oil and fill the fish with brine. Having closed the lid, the container should be sent to a cold place for a couple of days.
Spicy Ambassador with Mustard
To make spicy salted herring at home, you first need to make a marinade. To do this, boil in a pan 1 liter of purified water, and then add sugar, salt and some spices there:
- bay leaf (7-8 pcs.);
- 3 tbsp. l Sahara;
- 5 tbsp. l salts;
- a spoonful of dried coriander (grain);
- a spoonful of chopped dried dill;
- peppercorns (19 pcs.).
Letting the mass boil for 3-4 minutes, turn off the heat and cool the cooked marinade.
Two carcasses of herring should be cleaned of all unnecessary and, having washed, dried, and then cut in portions. Having put the fish pieces in a container for pickling, you must add mustard (2 tablespoons) to it and, having thoroughly mixed, pour the mixture into the cooled marinade. Having tightly closed the container with a lid, you must let the herring stand in the refrigerator for 2-3 days, and then serve it as an independent snack.
In the reviews about the described version of herring salting in brine at home, it is often noted that the fish turns out to be very tasty, strong and elastic.
Dry Mustard Ambassador
According to this recipe, you can cook spicy herring, which will surely appeal to all gourmets invited to a feast. To prepare such an appetizer, you need to prepare a couple of fish, removing everything that is unnecessary from them and thoroughly washing it under running water.
Then in a separate bowl you need to boil a liter of water and add to it at the time of boiling 5 tablespoons of salt, a spoonful of sugar, 10-15 chopped peas of pepper, 3-4 bay leaves. After stirring, the mass should be boiled for 2-3 minutes, after which the brine should be removed from the heat and cool.
After all preparations, it is necessary to cut the prepared herring into portioned pieces of medium thickness, and then put it in a marrow for marinating, sprinkle evenly with a teaspoon of mustard powder, pour the prepared marinade and, stirring, cover. After the fish should be put in the refrigerator for a couple of days.
Herring in a vinegar marinade
Pickled herring in vinegar is an excellent appetizer that will decorate any festive table. To prepare homemade salted herring according to the recipe presented here, you need to take:
- 2 carcasses of fish;
- 300 ml of water;
- a spoonful of salt;
- 10 peas of pepper;
- 1.5 tablespoons of vinegar;
- 3 tablespoons of oil;
- a spoonful of coriander seeds;
- 3-4 bay leaves.
At the very beginning of the creation of snacks, you need to clean the fish from all unnecessary elements, then dry it slightly and cut into portioned pieces.
Separately, it is necessary to boil over the medium heat the amount of water indicated in the recipe, to which salt and spices should be added at the time of boiling, and then remove the mass from the fire after 3-4 minutes of boiling and cool.
Prepared fish should be poured with a cooled marinade mixed with vinegar, and kept at room temperature for about 4-5 hours. After the allotted time, the fish should be sent to the refrigerator.
In order to make a herring ambassador at home in a brine with vinegar, it will take about 6-7 hours.
Quick ambassador
If you need to cook salted herring very quickly, you can use the recipe for pickling fish, presented below. To prepare a marinade for one large herring, you should prepare:
- 2 tablespoons of oil;
- 2 bay leaves;
- onion head;
- a spoonful of vinegar;
- 7-8 peas of pepper;
- 3 tablespoons of salt;
- 750 ml of water.
The fish carcass should be disassembled on the fillet, separating the flesh from the bones and skin. After this, the fillet must be cut into small pieces and put them in a container intended for pickling.
Separately, you need to prepare a marinade for snacks. To do this, take 0.5 liters of water at room temperature and dissolve the salt in it. Next, the prepared solution needs to be poured into the fish and let it brew for 1.5 hours. After this, the liquid must be drained.
In the next step, you need to prepare another marinade for the previously processed fillet. It should be made from the remaining amount of water and vinegar. Mass should be added to the fish and marinated for another 5 minutes, then drained again.
The remaining spices indicated in the list of ingredients, as well as sunflower oil should be added to the marinade drained for the second time. Onions need to be cut into rings and covered with fish, and pour brine with spices on top of everything.
Practice shows that after 30-40 minutes the fish will be ready.
Dry ambassador
Practice shows that even an inexperienced mistress will be able to salt herring in a dry way. To prepare it in the considered way, you need to take a couple of fish and cut them into fillets, separating the flesh from the skin and the spinal part. Next, each half of the fish should be grated evenly with a mixture created from a spoon of sugar and two tablespoons of salt. Next, the prepared halves need to be put on a plate and, having stood at room temperature for about 6-7 hours, put them in a bag or plastic container and put in the refrigerator.
Practice shows that the herring made according to such a recipe for salting at home will be ready for use in a couple of days.
Salted herring in a bag
Few people realize that you can salt herring in a simple plastic bag, pre-treating it with spices. In order to surprise your household with a very tasty fish, you need to take:
- 2 medium carcasses of herring;
- a spoonful of coriander;
- 2 tablespoons of salt;
- 2 crushed bay leaves;
- a spoonful of sugar;
- 7-8 peas of pepper.
At the very beginning of cooking, the fish must be gutted, cut off its head and disassembled into halves, removing the skin and bones. After that, all the spices indicated in the recipe must be combined in one container, mix well and apply evenly to the fish, smearing its pieces on all sides.
After all the manipulations, you need to put the fish in a bag and, closing it tightly, put the mass in the refrigerator for two days, after which the snack with amazing taste qualities will be completely ready.
Express ambassador
This option of quick salting fish at home will definitely appeal to all housewives who prefer to save their time. In order to make a tasty herring ambassador at home in a dry way, you need to take a minimum of ingredients for a couple of large carcasses:
- a spoonful of salt;
- a spoonful of sugar;
- a pair of crushed bay leaves;
- a third of a teaspoon of ground pepper.
In order to cook fish according to the specified recipe, you need to use only fresh herring, since it will take only a couple of hours to create such an appetizer.
At the initial stage of preparation, the herring should be properly cleaned, gills removed and, washing, pour cold water on it, and then let it brew — this will make the fish more juicy and tasty.
While the fish is insisting, it is necessary to prepare a spicy mixture for it. To do this, mix all the spices indicated in the number of ingredients for the recipe.
When the fish is infused, it must be removed from the water, thoroughly dried with a kitchen towel, and then grated evenly and abundantly with a mixture of spices. Next, wrap the carcass in polyethylene and leave to marinate at room temperature for a couple of hours. After the allotted period, the fish will be ready - it must be cleaned of spices and, cut into portions, serve.
Dry ambassador with onions and butter
This homemade dry herring ambassador is so simple that cooking an excellent fish is not difficult even for an inexperienced housewife. In order to cook a fish, you need to take a couple of herring carcasses and take them apart on a fillet, dividing the carcass into halves and removing bones and skin from them. They should be rubbed with salt, taking about 4-5 tablespoons of the ingredient, and then put the halves in the container selected for pickling, alternating each piece with a layer of onion rings. After all the ingredients have been laid out, it is necessary to fill the mass with oil and letting it stand for about an hour at room temperature, send it to the refrigerator.
Practice shows that fish salted according to this recipe will be ready in a couple of days.
Lightly salted fish with lemon
This recipe for a spicy herring ambassador at home is ideal for serving on any festive table. To create such a snack you need to take:
- 2 medium carcasses of herring;
- a couple of lemons;
- a couple of tablespoons of salt;
- a spoonful of sugar;
- 15 peas of pepper;
- 5 bay leaves.
To marinate a delicious fish, the carcasses must be cut into fillets, separating the flesh from the bones and skin, after which the halves should be cut into portioned slices and thoroughly washed, dried.
The finished fish should be laid out in a layer, which should be sprinkled with 1/4 part of the mixture of salt, the listed spices and sugar, and also covered with thin circles of lemon. On top of the whole structure, put another piece of fillet and repeat everything until the ingredients run out.
Above all, you must install oppression in the form of a three-liter jar filled with water. Next, the container with the fish should be refrigerated for a day. After the specified time, the oppression must be removed, and the contents of the ship - mix. Next, send the appetizer again to the pickle for another couple of days.
Dutch herring
To prepare spicy and incredibly tasty herring in Dutch, you need to take a couple of carcasses of fish, as well as other additional ingredients:
- carrot;
- a pair of onion heads;
- 6 tsp Sahara;
- half a lemon;
- 8-10 peas of pepper;
- 10 bay leaves.
First of all, you need to gut them and, having removed everything unnecessary, cut into a filet without bones and skins. The finished product must be cut into portioned slices about 2-3 cm wide.
Separately, you need to prepare other ingredients: cut the lemon into thin slices, onion into half rings, and grate the carrots on a coarse grater.
After preparing all the main components, lay them in a jar in layers in the following sequence:
- bow;
- part of bay leaves;
- carrot;
- lemon;
- part of a mixture made from sugar and ground pepper
After this, the calculation scheme must be repeated several more times, until all the ingredients are over. At the final stage, the jar should be tightly closed and sent to the refrigerator until the pickling process is complete. Home-made salted herring prepared in accordance with the recipe in the bank will be ready for use in three days. Serve the finished appetizer preferably with butter, as well as with vegetables with which it was pickled.
Rollmops
Unique decoration of herring rolls stuffed with vegetables - German rollmops will certainly become a wonderful decoration of any festive table. How to cook them at home? To do this, you need to take:
- 4 halves of herring fillet;
- 5 pickled gherkins;
- red bell pepper;
- 2 tablespoons of mustard;
- onion head;
- half a glass of white wine vinegar;
- 2 tsp mustard seeds;
- a teaspoon of sugar and salt;
- 3-4 buds of cloves;
- 0.5 tsp ground pepper.
At the very beginning of the preparation of delicious herring homemade salting, you must make a marinade. To do this, boil 500 ml of purified water and at the moment when it boils, put sugar, salt, cloves and all the seasonings indicated in the recipe (except mustard) into it. Having mixed, the broth should be boiled for 2-3 minutes, and then cool it. As soon as the cooked marinade cools down, mustard seeds are added to it and wine vinegar is added. After stirring, the mass must be allowed to infuse.
Separately, you should prepare vegetables: gherkins, peppers and carrots manually cut into strips. Each piece of herring fillet must be greased with a small amount of mustard, after which put evenly divided vegetables across and roll it all into rolls, fixing them with toothpicks.
The formed rolls should be folded into one container, after which they must be poured with the prepared brine and sent for a day in the refrigerator for pickling. If you want to get a well-salted appetizer, the rolmops should be pickled for 2-3 days.
Spicy dry ambassador
This dry herring ambassador at home provides for the use of a real variety of spices in the pickling process. To prepare one large carcass of fish, you should take:
- a teaspoon of sugar;
- a pair of bay leaves;
- a spoonful of salt;
- a teaspoon of a mixture made of fennel, coriander, dried dill, black and allspice, taken in equal proportions.
At the initial stage of preparing such an appetizer, it is necessary to remove the fins with the head from the carcass, leaving the insides, wash and dry it. From the listed spices and spices, it is necessary to prepare a mixture, which should be rubbed abundantly with herring. Next, tightly wrap the carcass in a plastic bag and send in the refrigerator for three days.
According to gourmets, this whole herring ambassador at home allows you to get a juicy and very aromatic appetizer with amazing taste.
Spicy herring in a package
And finally, consider another option for cooking spicy herring in an ordinary plastic bag. To create a fragrant and very tasty snack you need to take:
- 700 g of fish (2 medium carcasses);
- litere of water;
- 5-6 bay leaves;
- a pinch of nutmeg;
- 1 g of coriander;
- 4 tablespoons of salt;
- a spoonful of sugar;
- 6 peas of pepper;
- 5 buds of dried cloves;
- some fresh mint leaves;
- 1/10 part dry chili;
- 10 peas of allspice;
- a pinch of cinnamon.
At the very beginning of preparation, all the spices listed in this recipe must be combined in one container and mixed (some need to be crushed and grated). In this mixture you need to add only a teaspoon of salt, the rest of the spice will be needed for another purpose.
Herring carcasses must be cleaned of the insides, cut off the fins from them and, having washed, make an incision in each of them in the abdomen. After that, rub each fish with a mixture of spices and put them in a pre-prepared bag. Then pour a liter of water diluted with the rest of the salt into the same bag and tie it tightly.
At the final stage of cooking herring homemade ambassador, you must completely send the package with the prepared contents to the refrigerator and let it brew for three days. After the specified time, the fish can be cut into portions and served in combination with boiled potatoes.
What you need to know when pickling fish
In the process of salting herring at home in whole or in portions, you need to know about some tricks that will make the appetizer more delicious.
First of all, it should be remembered that iodized salt cannot be used for salting: it significantly spoils the appearance of the product.
The pickling process is preferably carried out in enameled, ceramic or glassware: this way the taste of the snack will be better.
Practice shows that the most delicious herring is obtained if it is pickled with the entrails - their presence gives some appetizer brightness. It should also be remembered that if the fish was cut into portions, it will be pickled much faster than the whole.