Pickled Herring

Name: Pickled Herring
Ingredients: 3 -4 large salted herrings; 1 cup vinegar; 12 cup sugar; 1 bay leaf, crushed; 1 teaspoon whole allspice, crushed; 12 teaspoon mustard seeds; 10 whole cloves; 1 medium red onion, thinly sliced; 1 carrot, peeled and thinly sliced

9 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

3 -4 large salted herrings
1 cup vinegar
12 cup sugar
1 bay leaf, crushed
1 teaspoon whole allspice, crushed
12 teaspoon mustard seeds
10 whole cloves
1 medium red onion, thinly sliced
1 carrot, peeled and thinly sliced

Directions

1

Clean herring and soak in cold water in the refrigerator about 12 hours, changing water at least twice.
2

Cut herring diagonally into 1-inch pieces.
3

Boil vinegar and sugar together, then cool.
4

Mix crushed bay leaf, allspice, mustard seeds and whole cloves.
5

In a glass jar, arrange some of the spice mixture, herring pieces, onion and carrot; continue in layers.
6

Pour the cooled vinegar mixture over the layers, cover, and refrigerate at least 12 hours.