Swedish Herrings

Ingredients

• 4 herrings, cleaned and filleted
• 2 level tablespoons sugar
• 2 level teaspoons salt
• } level teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 level tablespoons brown breadcrumbs

Method

1. 1

   Rub the herring fillets well with the salt and place in a flat dish, with the fillets overlapping slightly.

2. 2

   Mix the vinegar, water, sugar, pepper and cloves together and pour over the herrings.

3. 3

   Sprinkle on the crumbs and bake in a moderate oven for 20-25 minutes.

4. 4

   Serve with boiled potatoes.

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.

2 level tablespoons sugar 6 cloves 2 dessertspoons vinegar 4 oz. margarine 4 herrings, cleaned and boned 5 tablespoons water 4 level tablespoons chopped onion. Mix the mustard and sugar to a paste with the vinegar. Open the herrings flat, spread the mustard mixture on the inside and roll up from the tail end. Fry the onion, bay leaf and cloves in the margarine in a saucepan until well browned. Add the rolled up herrings and the water and cook very gently for 10 minutes. Baste the herrings occasionally with the liquid. When _ cooked, serve with sweet chutney. 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 Roll up the fish with a slice of onion inside each fish. Pack in a baking dish. Scatter pickling spice between the rolls, add the bay leaf and the remainder of the onion sliced. Sprinkle in the salt, pour in the vinegar and water mixed together, and bake in a slow oven for 1} hours. Serve hot or cold. Swedish Herrings 4 herrings, cleaned and filleted 14 level tablespoons sugar 2 level teaspoons salt } level teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons vinegar Pinch of ground cloves 2 tablespoons water 2 level tablespoons brown breadcrumbs

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