Salted herring is served on the table on weekdays and holidays. That's just not always the quality of the purchased fish is at its best. Therefore, it is better to cook salted herring yourself.
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To prepare 1 liter of brine for herring, you will need the following ingredients: 30-40 ml of 4% vinegar, 6 tablespoons of salt, 4 tablespoons of granulated sugar, 1-2 bay leaves, 3-5 peas of black pepper.
Ready herring is stored in glass jars, filled with vegetable oil. As a rule, 2 cut herrings are placed in a liter jar, for which 0.5 liters of brine is needed.
Homemade Salted Herring Recipe
Gutted fish carcasses and washed under running cold water, cut off the heads and tails, remove fins and gills. Prepared carcasses are transferred to a colander and left for 40-60 minutes to glass all the liquid.
You can remove the spine from the fish by cutting the carcass along the back. The costal bones are usually removed along with the ridge. You can salt the herring whole or by cutting the fillet into pieces.
A liter of water is poured into the pan and put on a strong fire. Salt, sugar, bay leaf and peas of black pepper are laid in the water. Boil the brine should be no more than 2-3 minutes. Then the pan is removed from the heat and vinegar is added to the brine.
The herring is transferred to a glass jar and poured with cooled brine. Closing the lid, put the jar in the refrigerator for a day. If you decide to cook salted herring, this time is enough. Very salted herring will turn out if you keep the fish in brine for 2-3 days.
The finished herring is transferred to another jar and poured with vegetable oil. If desired, you can sprinkle the fish with ground black pepper. Salted herring, prepared independently, is stored in the refrigerator for about 2 weeks.