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Cook fresh herring for 15 minutes.
How to cook herring
You will need – herring, water, salt, herbs and spices to taste
1. If the fish is frozen, defrost it beforehand. Chop off the head, rip open the belly and take out all the insides.
2. Rinse the carcass under water, make an incision along the back and remove the skin.
3. Pour water into a wide saucepan so that it covers the herring, bring to a boil and start the prepared fish.
4. Season with salt, add fish spices, cover and cook for a quarter of an hour, periodically skimming off the foam.
Herring under a fur coat classic
Products of classic herring under a fur coat
Salted herring fillet – 400 grams
Potatoes – 2 pcs.
Carrots – 2-3 pcs.
Beets – 2-3 pcs.
Luk – 2 No.
Mayonnaise – 5-6 tablespoons
Dill – to taste
The classic recipe for cooking herring under a fur coat
Boil beets, carrots and potatoes. Finely chop the onion, leave in cold water for 5 minutes, then drain. Grate potatoes, beets, carrots.
Then lay out in even layers: potatoes, herring, mayonnaise, onions, carrots, mayonnaise, beets. Decorate with mayonnaise and dill and parsley sprigs.
How to peel a herring
1. Lay a film or paper on a cutting board so as not to stain the table, put a fish on it and open its belly with a sharp knife.
2. Take out all the insides.
3. Cut off the head of the herring and rinse the prepared fish with water, removing the remnants of the films.
4. Remove the fins and make a cut along the back of the herring with a knife.
5. Carefully remove the skin by picking it up with a knife. Pull from head to tail.
6. Remove the fish skeleton by separating the herring carcass into two parts. It is better to start separating from the tail – just pull the halves apart in different directions.
7. Remove the remaining bones.
A simple recipe for salted herring
Herring – fresh frozen, 1 kg
Bow – 1 head
Seasonings to taste
Salted herring recipe
Soak the herring in water for 1 hour, cut off the head and tail, gut it without removing the skin. Rub generously with salt, leave for 2-3 hours. Then rinse the salt, put in a jar, add the onion in half rings, pour in sunflower oil, refrigerate for an hour.
The calorie content of the finished salted herring is 145 kcal / 100 grams.
How to pickle herring
Products
Herring – 2 pieces
Salt – 1 tablespoon
Sugar – 1 teaspoon
Water – 600 milliliters
1. Thaw 2 herring in the refrigerator. If you are limited in time, then at room temperature. When naturally defrosted, the fish will retain all its nutrients. 2. Rinse the herring, remove the gills with a knife. Place in a wide and deep bowl. 3. Boil 600 ml of water, stir 1 tablespoon of coarse salt and 1 teaspoon of sand. 4. Cool the marinade to room temperature and pour it over the fish so that it is completely covered. Put in the refrigerator for two days for cooking slightly salted herring and for 3-4 for those who like saltier.
How to cook spicy salted herring
Products
Herring – 2 pieces
Salt – 4 tablespoons
Sugar – 1 tablespoon
Black peppercorns – 10 pieces
Allspice – 10 pieces
Bay leaf – 2 pieces
Water – 1 liter
How to make a salted spicy herring
1. Rinse two thawed herring and remove the gills with a knife.
2. Bring a liter of water to a boil, add 4 tablespoons of coarse salt, a tablespoon of sand, 10 pieces of black and allspice, as well as a couple of lavrushka leaves.
3. Cool the resulting brine and pour it over the fish, then leave it in the refrigerator for a day.
Delicious facts
– Herring – low calorie product. The average number of calories is from 130 to 300/100 grams. Most of the calories are found in butter herring (300 kcal) and salted (260 kcal), but the minimum number is in boiled herring (130 kcal). Pickled and fried herring is also considered one of the lowest in calories – 150 kcal and 180 kcal, respectively.
– Herring – source phosphorus, protein and vitamins. In addition, herring contains omega-3 fatty acids, which are so important for humans. Their regular consumption normalizes the activity of the cardiovascular system. It is especially important for pregnant women to include omega-3 acids in their diet, as these acids have a beneficial effect on the formation of the brain in the fetus.
– Very tasty and unusual soups are made from herring, including those with milk.