Best Home Cured Herring Recipes

Home Cured Herring image

Provided by Food Network

Time P3DT45m

Yield 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

2 cups dry white wine
1 cup white vinegar
1 cup water
1/2 cup fine sea salt
1/2 cup light brown sugar
3 tablespoons pickling spice
2 to 3 dry hot peppers
1 large onion, peeled and thinly sliced
1 tablespoon black peppercorns
2 pounds scaled and gutted fresh herring

Steps:

In a non-corrosive pot, combine all ingredients except fish. Bring to the boil, reduce, and simmer for 30 minutes. Add fish to simmering brine and poach 12 minutes before removing from the heat.
Let stand to cool 1 hour before placing in a non-corrosive container large enough to hold all the liquid. Cover container and refrigerate fish totally submerged in brine for 3 days.
Serve with black bread, sour cream, and onions.

Curried Herring image

Yield Serves 4

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 (8-oz) jars herring "party snacks" in white wine sauce, rinsed, drained, and patted dry
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup sour cream
1 1/2 tablespoons coarse-grained mustard
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 teaspoon sugar
Accompaniment: rye bread and butter

Steps:

Remove and discard skin and dark flesh from herring. Cut herring into 1/4-inch pieces. Whisk together remaining ingredients and stir in herring. Season with salt and pepper.

Pickled Herring Three Ways image

Provided by Robert Farrar Capon

Categories appetizer

Time 12h15m

Number Of Ingredients 16

1/2 cup white wine
1/2 cup vinegar
1/4 cup sugar or to taste
2 tablespoons pickling spice
1 tablespoon white peppercorns
1 small onion, sliced
3 to 4 salt herrings
1/2 cup white wine
1/2 cup vinegar
1/3 cup sugar or to taste
3 tablespoons dried dill weed (or to taste)
6 or 8 salt herring fillets, prepared as in step 1 above
6 or 8 salt herring fillets, prepared and pickled as in first recipe above
1 cup sour cream
1/3 cup strained pickling liquid (from first recipe above)
2 or more medium onions, sliced thin

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.