Marinated herring is a versatile dish that will be appropriate both at a modest family dinner and at a festive feast.
Today, there are many marinade recipes for preparing marinated herring.
You can make it spicy, salted or spicy.
Marinade for homemade herring - basic cooking principles
You can, of course, buy a ready-made pickled herring in the store. But believe me, homemade herring is not, in any comparison with the purchase.
Herring is pickled in two ways: in liquid and dry marinade.
The first thing to do is choose the right herring. When choosing a herring pay attention to the appearance of the fish. It should not have any brown or yellow spots.
The important role is played by defrosting herring. Do not thaw fish in the microwave or hot water. Leave the herring in the refrigerator or at room temperature until it is completely defrosted.
Then the fish are cut off the heads and tails, gutted, and thoroughly washed under running water. The herring is marinated whole, cut into slices or sliced fish into fillets.
Marinade for herring can be cold or hot. The ingredients, according to the recipe are mixed until homogeneous and pour the resulting marinade fish. Stir and leave for a day so that the herring is soaked with the taste and aromas of the marinade.
By adding various spices to the marinade, you can change the taste of the herring at your discretion.
When marinating in a dry way, the fish is rubbed with a mixture of salt and spices and left for some time.
Recipe 1. Marinade for homemade herring
Ingredients
(the quantity is calculated for a carcass weighing 350 g)
Bay leaf;
black pepper, coriander and white mustard seeds - 5 g;
natural or apple vinegar - 25 ml;
3 peppercorns allspice;
small onion;
sea salt - 7 g;
Carnation - 3 pcs .;
drinking water - 100 ml.
Method of preparation
1. Pour water into a saucepan, add all spices and salt to it. Put on the stove and bring to a boil. Then remove the dishes from the heat and pour vinegar into the ready-made spicy salting. The resulting marinade is completely cooled. 2. We defrost the herring, remove the heads and cut off the fins and tail. Fish gutted and thoroughly washed under the tap. Drain herring with napkins and separate the fillets from the ridge. Cut the fillet into slices.
3. Peel the onion and chop into thin half-rings. If you like pickled onions, you can take it more.
4. Fold the herring fillet in a glass jar, pereselaya his chopped onions. Fill the fish with chilled marinade, shake, and remove for a day in the fridge. Herring of such salting can be eaten as a separate dish, and for cooking salads.
Recipe 2. Spicy marinade for homemade herring
Ingredients
6 g peppers mix;
100 g of coarse salt;
3 g of black and allspice;
three herrings.
Method of preparation
1. Herring thoroughly wash You can marinate the whole fish, or cut it into fillets. Grind the herring carcass from all sides and leave in the refrigerator for a day or a day.
2. Then we take out fish, we lower for half an hour in water and we carefully wash from the salt remains. Then we remove the head, take out the insides, cut off the fins and tail. Slice the carcass into two centimeters thick.
3. Mix ground fragrant and black peppers. Sprinkle the fish with the pepper mixture and mix. We shift the herring in a glass container and put it in the refrigerator for 12 hours. After the allotted time, we get the herring, shift it to the herring bowl and pour it with olive oil.
Recipe 3. Mustard marinade for homemade herring
Ingredients
50 ml filtered water;
large onion head;
3 g of finely ground salt;
30 g of mustard;
80 ml of refined vegetable oil;
25 grams of sugar;
5 g 9% table vinegar;
large salted herring.
Method of preparation
1. Clean the herring, remove the insides, cut off the head, fins and tail. Separate the spine from the fillet. Select small bones with tweezers. Slice the fillet and place on a serving dish.
2. Peel and cut the onion into half rings. Sprinkle with herring onions and set aside.
3. Put the mustard in the cup. Dilute vinegar with water. Thin a thin stream of diluted vinegar in mustard, stirring continuously until smooth. Add refined oil to the mixture, mix, add salt and sugar. Stir again, making sure that no lumps or grains are left. 4. Pour the herring into the sauce. After 20 minutes you can serve.
Recipe 4. Marinade for homemade herring with vegetables
Ingredients
2 g black pepper;
30 grams of coarse salt;
3 peppercorns;
100 ml of vegetable oil;
25 grams of mustard seeds;
bulb;
100 g dried red bell peppers;
kg of fresh frozen herring.
Method of preparation
1. Defreeze the herring in the refrigerator or at room temperature. We clean the insides and remove the head. We wash the carcass of the herring under running water, especially carefully washing out the belly from the inside. Cut fish into slices, two centimeters thick.
2. Put the pieces of herring in a bowl and sprinkle with salt. Stir and leave for six hours in the refrigerator. Then wash the fish from excess salt and ichor.
3. Clean the onion and cut into rings. We clean the Bulgarian pepper from seeds, cut the flesh into small squares, spread it on a baking sheet and send it to the oven. Leave the pepper in the minimum temperature in the oven for 15 minutes. The dried pepper is ready.
4. Put a layer of herring tightly in a glass container, then a layer of vegetables goes. So lay out all the fish, straddle it with vegetables.
5. Combine vegetable oil with mustard seeds and pepper. If you do not have mustard seeds, you can replace them with Dijon mustard. Fill the obtained marinade with a herring with vegetables and put the glass container with the fish in the fridge for 12 hours. Serve the herring with boiled potatoes.
Recipe 5. Marinade for homemade herring with tomato paste
Ingredients
50 g tomato paste;
100 ml of boiled water;
30 g of coarse salt;
50 ml of refined vegetable oil;
80 g sugar;
Table vinegar - 50 ml
four onions;
two fresh-frozen herrings.
Method of preparation
1. Thaw the herring completely, wash it, cut off the head and tail. Cut the fins with special scissors. If you have none, do it with a regular knife. Gut and rinse thoroughly under running water. Dip with a napkin and cut the carcass along the ridge. Separate the fillet from the ridge and strip it from small bones. Remove the skin with the stocking and wash it again. 2. Peel the onions from the husk, wash and cut it into half rings.
3. Combine all the ingredients for the marinade in a skillet, mix, bring to a boil over low heat and cook to dissolve the sugar. Remove from heat and cool marinade
4. Cut the herring fillet into small pieces and place in a container. Put onion half rings on top. Fill all with cooled marinade, cover with a lid and send for a day in the refrigerator. Serve the herring with a side dish of potatoes and rye bread.
Recipe 6. Apple marinade for homemade herring
Ingredients
one sweet and sour apple;
mayonnaise - 100 g;
a small piece of horseradish root;
large salted herring.
Method of preparation
1. Rinse the herring. Cut off the head and tail. Gut and rinse thoroughly under running water. Dampen the carcass with napkins, cut the fins and make a deep incision along the ridge. Separate the spine from the fillet. Select small bones and remove the skin. Cut the fillet into small oblique slices.
2. Wash the apple, rub it, cut it in half and cut the core. Clean the root of horseradish. Apple and horseradish grate finely and put in a cup. Add mayonnaise to it and mix.
3. Put the fish slices in the herring bowl. Top it with marinade, cover with cling film and send to the refrigerator for several hours.
Recipe 7. Mayonnaise marinade for homemade herring
Ingredients
5 g sugar;
80 g of mayonnaise;
5 g of coarse salt;
30 ml of vegetable oil;
table vinegar - 40 ml;
bulb;
two fresh-frozen herrings.
Method of preparation
1. Peel and chop the onion rings. Thaw the herring completely, remove the head and cut off the fins and tail. Separate the fillet from the ridge. Using tweezers, select small bones. Rinse the fillet and cut into thin slices.
2. Mix mayonnaise with salt, table vinegar, sugar and vegetable oil. Shuffle until smooth.
3. Put onion and slices of herring in a bowl, pour the marinade all over and mix gently. From above, install the oppression and put in three hours in the refrigerator. Serve the herring with potato garnish.
Recipe 8. Vodka marinade for homemade herring
Ingredients
vegetable oil;
5 ml of vodka;
a slice of red hot pepper;
dill greens;
5 g of lemon juice;
15 g sugar;
2 cloves of garlic;
large herring.
Method of preparation
1. Red hot pepper finely chop and rub with lemon juice in a cup. We clean and finely chop the chives. Add the garlic to the bowl. Add sugar, vegetable oil, vodka and finely chopped dill.
2. Pre-thawed myring herring, cut off the head and gut. Carefully wash the carcass under the tap, cut the fins and make an incision along the ridge. Separate the fillet from the ridge and select small bones. Cut the fillets into thin transverse strips obliquely.
3. Put the fillet in a deep dish, pour the marinade in everything, mix and leave the herring to marinate for a couple of hours in the fridge. Serving herring with black bread and vegetables.
Marinade for Herring Homemade - Tips and Tricks
- Do not take a perfectly flat herring in the store, most likely such a fish was subjected to repeated freezing.
- Spices and spices can be combined to your taste.
- Table vinegar can be replaced with apple or wine.
- If you are a big fan of pickled onions, you can add more.
- Mustard seeds can be replaced with Dijon mustard.
