There is always an original recipe in the prescription box of a prudent hostess. And maybe not one. By the way, recipes on how to pickle herring and diversify the menu of your favorite household with a tasty and simple dish may not be in your kitchen treasury.
Then take note of our tips. The recipes are very simple. And at the same time they will not require large material costs and are economical in terms of cooking time. Welcome!
How to choose a herring for salting?
Before you buy herring, carefully inspect the fish. On the head and fins of freshly frozen herring should not be yellow. A yellow coating is a sign that the fish is stale and may have defrosted more than once. Good quality herring should be silver with a blue tint.
For salting, it is better to choose carcasses without damage and with a small amount of ice. The most suitable for home salting is considered Norwegian herring, large and oily.
How to pickle herring - recipes
Salting herring yourself at home is not a big deal. In terms of taste, such a herring wins many times (compared to the purchased one). Therefore, caring housewives know how to pickle herring at home and long ago abandoned the need to buy ready-made in the store.
Dry salting method
Gut the herring carcass, remove the head and remove the central bone. In fact, you get a fish layer. Sprinkle the fillet with a mixture of sugar and salt in a ratio of 1: 3. Further, at the discretion, you can roll the roll or fold in half. Put in a container of glass or enameled dishes, put in the refrigerator. If the capacity allows, then it is necessary to put heaviness so that the herring is in its own juice. And if without oppression, then the fish must be turned from side to side periodically. Two days later, the herring is ready.
How to pickle herring in brine?
To prepare the brine, you need to boil 1 liter of water, then add 4 tablespoons of salt with a slide, 1 tablespoon of sugar and spices: coriander, caraway seeds, bay leaf, cloves, allspice.
Place the unsolicited herring in a glass dish and pour on the cooled brine. Put in the refrigerator. Two days later, the salted herring is ready.
Fish menu for the joy of the family
Very often hostesses do not bother with culinary delights from salted herring. They limit themselves to serving fish as a cold snack, putting sliced fillets in a herring and sprinkled with sunflower oil. But not everyone does that. After all, you can cook simple and very tasty herring dishes.
The most popular dishes are:
- herring oil ;
- foreshmak;
- salad "Herring under a fur coat".
What do you think is all that can be prepared from fish that you pickled yourself? Of course not. Cooking is a flight of imagination and mood of the cook.
Today you can often find rolls from Armenian lavash. As a filling, you can use herring, grated cheese, boiled egg, butter, mayonnaise. And in what order to make layers, it is a matter of taste.
Original appetizer salad
This salad will be a magnificent decoration for both an ordinary lunch and a festive dinner. His taste will not leave anyone indifferent.
To make a salad you will need:
- herring - 1 pc;
- large bell peppers - 1 pc;
- medium carrot - 1 pc;
- pickled cucumber - 1 pc;
- onions - 1 pc;
- vinegar - 2 tbsp;
- sunflower oil - 50g;
- sugar - 10g.
First you need to boil the carrots. Herring should be thoroughly cleaned of skin and bones. Cut the vegetables into small feathers, onions into half rings, and herring fillets into strips. Mix the ingredients, put in a salad bowl, add spices and sunflower oil.
The salad should be infused for at least an hour and a half so that the products exchange tastes. Therefore, it must be sent to the refrigerator. Before serving, the dish is decorated with sprigs of dill or other herbs.