Filleted Herrings and Rice (Cold)

Ingredients

• A few fresh herrings
• 1 tablespoonful of vinegar to each herring
• equal quantity of water
• a few crushed peppercorns
• a little all-spice
• 1 tablespoonful of oil
• 1 gill of rice
• 1 chopped tomato
• mayonnaise sauce (see p. 47)

Method

1. 1

   Fillet the fresh herrings, reserve the bones.

2. 2

   Season and add chopped onion and parsley, roll up and tie.

3. 3

   Boil vinegar and water, season, add peppercorns, and cook herrings until done.

4. 4

   Let cool in liquor.

5. 5

   Make stock with fish bones, fry onion in oil, add rice, tomato, and saffron.

6. 6

   Cover with stock and cook for 20 minutes.

7. 7

   Serve with herrings and mayonnaise sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The victory cookery book (1918) by Peel, C. S. Mrs, page 17. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Filleted Herrings and Rice (Cold) Materials —A few fresh herrings, little chopped onion and parsley, 1 tablespoonful of vinegar to each herring, equal quantity of water, a few crushed peppercorns and all- _ spice, fish-bone stock (see p. 20), 1 table- 7 spoonful of oil, 1 gill of rice, 1 chopped tomato, mayonnaise sauce (see p. 47). Method.—Fillet the fresh herrings, reserve — the bones. Season, and add a little chopped onion and parsley, roll up and tie with string. Boil for each herring 1 table-— spoonful of vinegar and an equal quantity — of water; season, add the peppercorns and — a little allspice, and pour over the herrings, © and cook slowly until done. Let them cool in the liquor. Make a stock with the fish” bones. Fry 1 oz. of chopped onion in the’ oil, then add the rice (which has been heated — in the oil), tomato, and, if possible, a few sprigs of saffron. Cover with one and a half times as much stock, well seasoned, close the pan as tightly as possible, and cook for 20 minutes. When done add the liquor in FISH 65 ' which the herrings were boiled. Toss, and allow to cool. Make a border of the rice, _place the herrings in the centre, and serve with a mayonnaise sauce. | Soused Herrings or Mackerel (Hot or Cold) Matervals.—Herrings or mackerel, a few _ slices of onion to each fish, 1 clove, 6 pepper- corns, 2 allspice, a little salt, vinegar and water. Method.—Place the cleaned fish in a dish | with the onion, clove, peppercorns, allspice and salt, and then to half the height of the fish add half vinegar and water. Cover with a paper, and bake in a moderate oven for from 15 to 80 minutes. Herring Olives Ragout Materials.—1 pickled herring filleted (2), a little bread stuffing, 1 oz. carrot, 1 oz. onion, 1 tablespoonful of oil

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