Marinated Herring


Ingredients:

  • 12 herring filets 
  • 6 onions 
  • 3 apples 
  • 6 large sour gherkins 
  • 4 cups cream 
  • 4 tablespoons of juniper berries 
  • 10 bay leaves 
  • 1/2 cup vinegar 
  • 1 bunch fresh dill (chopped) 

Directions

  1. Wash the herring filets and peel the onions, cut into rings and leave herring and onion rings aside for the moment. 
  2. Wash and peel the apples, remove the core and cut into small dices. 
  3. Dice the sour gherkins too and mix with apples and juniper berries in a mixing bowl. 
  4. Take a different, larger mixing bowl and place a quarter of your apple/gherkin mixture into the bowl. 
  5. Place a quarter of the onion rings on top of the apple/gherkin mix, together with some of your bay leaves. 
  6. Place 3 or 4 of your herring filets on top of the onion rings and sprinkle with some of the chopped, fresh dill. 
  7. Continue making layers in this way, until all of thementioned ingredients are used up. 
  8. Now pour the vinegar into the bowl, shake slightly and carefully fill the bowl with the 4 cups of cream. 
  9. The herring mixture should be fully covered with cream. If not, use some more. 
  10. Cover and leave in the fridge for at least 24 hours.
  11. Serve with boiled or fried potatoes. 
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