Salting herring at home is not difficult, besides, there are many different recipes. Most importantly, always remember that you need to buy fish with a thick and oily back. If it is frozen, then before salting in a few hours completely defrost it and do not wash it. And now let's consider with you how to salivate herring properly.
How to pickle fresh herring?
Ingredients:
- fresh herring - 1 pc.
For marinade:
- boiled water - 1 item;
- vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- black pepper peas - 3 pcs .;
- laurel leaf - 2 pcs .;
- salt.
Preparation
Now we'll figure out how to pickle herring in the brine. So, pour water into the pot, add the vegetable oil, put the laurel leaf, bell pepper, salt and put it on the fire. Bring the marinade to a boil, cool and pour a little vinegar at will. The processed herring is placed in a large wide container, filled with cold brine, tightly covered with a lid and held first in the room for about 5 hours, and then another 5 hours in the refrigerator.
How quickly to pickle herring?
Ingredients:
fresh herring - 3 pcs.
For marinade:
- water - 1 l;
- salt - 5 tbsp. spoons;
- sugar - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- laurel leaf - 3 pieces;
- black pepper peas - 1 teaspoon;
- dry mustard - 1 tbsp. a spoon.
Preparation
In a small saucepan pour the water, add salt, sugar, put the laurel leaf and a little fragrant pepper peas. All carefully mix and set aside. Now take a whole, fresh herring, nepotroshim it, and immediately lay out on clean 3-liter jars. Then we pour the fish with the prepared brine, put dry mustard on top and cover it with a lid. Leave the herring salted at room temperature, and then rearrange it in the refrigerator. After about 2 hours the fish is ready and it can be served on the table as a snack, decorated with rings of onions.
How to pickle herring salad?
Ingredients:
- herring - 2 pcs.
For brine:
- water - 500 ml;
- sugar - 0,5 tsp.
- salt - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- black peppercorns - 5 pcs .;
- cloves - 2 buds;
- seeds of coriander - 0,5 tsp.
- seeds of dill - 0,5 tsp.
Preparation
We will analyze one more variant, as it is tasty to pickle herring. In the pot, pour the water, put the dishes on the fire, bring to a boil, throw all the spices and boil exactly 5 minutes. Then leave the brine to cool and go to the fish. We take a fresh herring, we cut it , we cut off the head, tail, we remove the insides, we wash the fish under cold water and remove the neatly inner black film. Then cut it with not very thick pieces, put it in a clean glass jar and fill it with thoroughly prepared early brine. We tighten the jar with a lid and leave it for about five days to be salted. A week later a delicious herring of spicy salting will be ready for you.
How to pickle herring whole?
In exactly the same way, you can salve the fish and whole, without completely cutting it. To do this, do not thaw the herring until the end, so that
Fill with warm spicy brine, prepared according to the recipe described above, and leave in a cool place until the marinade cools. Then we remove the jar with the fish in the refrigerator. The time of pickling the whole herring will be a little longer, but then you can clean it, cut it and use the fish the way you like best. And more on sections it will turn out more light, than salted slices. Now we clean the herring slices from the skin, cut them into slices, add the cut onion rings, fill with vegetable oil or vinegar. That's all herring with vinegar and onions ready!