Pickled herring
Instructions:
- 3 mild herrings
- 1 large Spanish onion sliced
- 1 teaspoon mixed pickling spices
- 1 lemon, sliced or 2 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 bay leaves
- 10 peppercorns or scant
- 1 teaspoon cracked pepper
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup vinegar
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- Wash herrings, removing head, tail and fins.
- Soak in cold water to cover for several hours.
- Combine spices, lemon, bay leaves, peppercorns with water, vinegar and brown sugar
- Bring to boil, set aside to cool.S
- lice fish into 1-inch slices.
- Place in sterilized pickling jar.
- Add sliced onions and cooled liquid to jar and cover.
- Shake to mix contents. Set in refrigerator for 2 to 3 days.
- Check occasionally to shake and push down onions.
- Bring up bottom pieces of fish to get top pieces down into liquid.