Pickled Northern Imitation Herring Recipes

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.

Steps:

• Put some salt in bottom of small bowl. Place fish skin down. Continue layering fish and salt finishing with a layer of salt. Put weight (dish or plate) on top and refrigerate for 4 to 5 days. Wash herring well and skin. Soak in cold water 1 hour, changing 3 to 4 times. Cut in 1-inch pieces. Drain and pat dry. Boil 3 tablespoons water with 1 teaspoon allspice. Add sugar, vinegar, bay leaves and pepper. Mix until sugar is dissolved. In a one quart jar put 2 cups pickling solution, some onions and herring pieces, laying them and topping with onions. Fill to top with solution. Keep in tightly closed jar in refrigerator 2 to 3 days until ready to serve.

Steps:

• Use Northern filets and cut up into bit size pieces.
• Soak in salt water, add enough salt to float an egg, soak 24 hours.
• Wash with cold water, cover with white vinegar and soak 24 hours, drain put up in alternate layers of fish and sliced onions, in quart jars.
• Make a syrup as above.
• Boil the syrup 5 minutes.
• Cool syrup and add 1 cup Muscatel Wine.
• Pour over fish and let sit in refrigerator for 3-4 days.

Steps:

• Soak the herring in the milk for at least 12 hours or up to 24 to draw out a lot of the excess salt. Drain the herring, rinse, and pat dry. Cut off the fins and fillet the herring, leaving the skin on. Cut the fillets crosswise into 2-inch strips.
• In a saucepan, combine the water, sugar, vinegar, allspice, mustard seeds, caraway seeds, and peppercorns. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat and cool the pickling mixture completely.
• Arrange the herring fillets, onion, carrots, dill, bay leaves, and horseradish in a glass dish or funky Mason jar. Pour the cooled pickling mixture into the jar so that all the ingredients are completely covered with the liquid. Cover and refrigerate overnight or up to 2 days before serving.

Steps:

• Combine all brine ingredients in a 1 1/2 quart saucepan and bring to a boil. Stir occasionally until sugar is completely dissolved. Let cool, cover and reserve.
• Completely submerge and soak 12 preserved herring fillets in cold water overnight to extract salt. Remove fillets and pat dry. Arrange in a shallow pan and cover completely with pickling brine. Refrigerate overnight. The next day, remove herring from brine and dice into 3/4-inch pieces. Serve with the Mustard sauce.
• Combine the sweet and Dijon mustard, sugar, vinegar, coffee, salt and pepper in a food processor. Drizzle canola oil into the mixture in a very slow, steady stream, until a thick consistency is formed. A whisk may also be used. Refrigerate overnight;

Steps:

• 1. Remove the heads from the herring and scale the fish. Wash well, open them, and remove the milt (roe of male fish). Clean the fish well, drain. Lay the herring and milt in water to cover in the refrigerator overnight.
• 2. The next day rub the milt glands through a sieve or mash them well, and mix with 1 tablespoon of the sugar and a few tablespoons of the vinegar.
• 3. Place in a 1 1/2-quart jar in layers the herring, onion, lemon slices, cloves, peppercorns, and bay leaves.
• 4. Add the milt gland mixture, the remaining vinegar, and as much of the remaining sugar as your taste dictates.
• 5. Cover the jar and keep in the refrigerator for at least 4 days.