Marinated Herring

Prep: 20min
| Servings: 4 | Cook: 10min
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Marinated herring is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the fruit-vegetable category. Try this and other recipes.

Ingredients

  • 8 fresh herring, kitchen-ready prepared (without head and thin belly skins)
  • Salt
  • black pepper (freshly ground)
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 4 shallots
  • 5 tbsp tomato paste
  • 2 tbsp Red wine vinegar
  • 4 tbsp sugar
  • 60 g raisins
  • 3 Cloves
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 150 ml olive oil

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Rinse the herring, pat dry and season with salt and pepper. Dredge in flour and fry in a non-stick pan over hot oil for 5-6 minutes on each side until golden brown. Then place them side by side in a shallow dish.

  2. 2.

    Peel the shallots and cut into rings. Combine tomato paste, vinegar, sugar, raisins, cloves, and bay leaf; simmer. Season with salt, pour the sauce over the herring and cover with olive oil. Cool and refrigerate covered overnight.

  3. 3.

    Serve with whole-grain bread and butter.