Herring Rolls

Ingredients

• several herrings
• 3 fine-minced onions
• 2 tablespoonfuls English-made mustard
• 4 tablespoonfuls French mustard
• 1 lemon cut into slices
• 2 large onions cut into slices
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoonful whole peppers
• some capers
• 1 quart vinegar

Method

1. 1

   Soak herrings in cold water for 24 hours, changing the water twice.

2. 2

   Split through the back, remove bones, heads, and tails, and cut into halves.

3. 3

   Lay in sour milk or water for 12 hours.

4. 4

   Spread a mixture of minced onions and mustard over the inside of each fish, roll up, and fasten.

5. 5

   Place in a jar with lemon, onions, bay leaves, whole peppers, and capers.

6. 6

   Pour over vinegar, tie the jar, and set in a cool place for 4 days.

As published

This recipe was extracted from European and American cuisine (1914) by Lemcke, Mrs. Gesine Knubel, page 112. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

3 fine-minced onions and ly, pint wine vinegar ; pour this over the fish, cover the jar with paper, and let stand for 3 days. In serving, cut each half of the herring into 3 pieces slantingly, and lay on an oval dish ; then prepare the following sauce : Fry 6 fine-chopped button mushrooms and 2 fine-chopped white onions in 2 ounces batter 5 minutes ; mix with 1 gill of salad oil, add some of the pickle in which the herrings laid, and pour it over the fish. Garnish with cut lemon and mixed pickles. Herring Rolls. — Soak several herrings in cold water for 24 hours, changing the water twice ; then take out, split through the back, remove all the bones, heads, and tails, cut each herring into halves, and lay for 12 hours in sour milk or water. After that take out, wipe dry, and spread on a board. For 6 herrings mix 3 fine- minced onions, 2 tablespoonfuls English- made mustard, or 4 table- spoonfuls French mustard ; spread some of this mixture over the inside of each fish, and roll up ; fasten with a wooden toothpick or bind with a string. Lay the rolls in a stone jar with 1 lemon cut into slices and freed from the pits, 2 large onions cut into slices, 3 bay leaves, 1 tablespoonful whole peppers, and some capers; stir the milt of the herring fine, mix with 1 quart vinegar

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