Herrings, Marinaded (a German recipe)

Ingredients

• cold milk
• a piece of bay-leaf
• a slice of fresh lemon
• three or four tablespoonfuls of salad-oil
• finely-minced shallot
• pounded cloves
• white pepper

Method

1. 1

   Soak salted herrings in cold milk for a couple of hours.

2. 2

   Split open, remove bones, cut into pieces, and layer in a jar with shallot, cloves, white pepper, bay leaf, and lemon.

3. 3

   Cover with vinegar and salad oil, and leave until required.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 717. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

rrings, Marinaded (a German re- cipe). — Put some white salted hen-ings into cold milk, to soak for a couple of houi-s. Split them open, take out the bones, cut each half- herring into three pieces, and divide the roes lengthwise. Put all in layers into a deep jar, and between each Layer place a sprinkling of finely-minced shiillot, pounded cloves, and wliite pepper, -wath here and there a piece of bay-leaf and a slice of fresh lemon with half the rind taken off. Place the roe with the herring, aT^id the seasoning over the top layer, and cever the whole well with %Tnegar. . Pour tlH-oe or four table-spoonfuls of salad-oil

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