Soused Herrings

Ingredients

• 8 herrings, cleaned and boned
• 1 level teaspoon salt
• 4 oz. onions
• 1 level tablespoon mixed pickling spice
• 4 pint vinegar
• 4 pint water
• 1 bay leaf

Method

1. 1

   Roll up the fish with a slice of onion inside each fish.

2. 2

   Pack in a baking dish.

3. 3

   Scatter pickling spice between the rolls, add the bay leaf and the remainder of the onion sliced.

4. 4

   Sprinkle in the salt, pour in the vinegar and water mixed together, and bake in a slow oven for 1.5 hours.

5. 5

   Serve hot or cold.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Fish cookery (1948) by Great Britain. Ministry of Food, page 11. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Soused Herrings 8 herrings, cleaned and boned 1 level teaspoon salt 4 oz. onions 4 pint vinegar 1 level tablespoon mixed pickling spice 4 pint water 1 bay leaf

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