Pickled Herring

Recipe courtesy of The Cape Ann League of Women Voters and The Fishermen's Wives of Gloucester

Show: Emeril Live

Episode: Emeril's Seafood Shack

Pickled Herring

Name: Pickled Herring
Yield: 1 pound
Ingredients: 1 pound fresh filleted herring, skin off (about 6); 1 cup salt; 3 tablespoons water; 1 teaspoon allspice; 3/4 cup sugar; 3 large onions, thinly sliced; 3 cups white vinegar; 3 bay leaves; Dash black pepper

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Yield: 1 pound

Yield: 1 pound

Ingredients

1 pound fresh filleted herring, skin off (about 6)

1 cup salt

3 tablespoons water

1 teaspoon allspice

3/4 cup sugar

3 large onions, thinly sliced

3 cups white vinegar

3 bay leaves

Dash black pepper

Directions

Put some salt in bottom of small bowl. Place fish skin down. Continue layering fish and salt finishing with a layer of salt. Put weight (dish or plate) on top and refrigerate for 4 to 5 days. Wash herring well and skin. Soak in cold water 1 hour, changing 3 to 4 times. Cut in 1-inch pieces. Drain and pat dry. Boil 3 tablespoons water with 1 teaspoon allspice. Add sugar, vinegar, bay leaves and pepper. Mix until sugar is dissolved. In a one quart jar put 2 cups pickling solution, some onions and herring pieces, laying them and topping with onions. Fill to top with solution. Keep in tightly closed jar in refrigerator 2 to 3 days until ready to serve.

Recipe from The Taste of Gloucester: A Fisherman's Wife Cooks, by The Fishermen's Wives of Gloucester, The Cape Ann League of Women Voters, published by Gloucester Cookbook Committee, 1976

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