I really love lightly salted herring, but it often happens that the seller assures you that it is lightly salted, but in fact you need to soak it for a long time or prepare a forshmak or salad from it. Once I tried to salt this fish myself, that is, at home and as a whole. It turned out just incredibly tasty, really, salted herring. This is now my favorite recipe. Try my method of salting herring on occasion, just be patient, you won't be able to touch and taste it for two days.
Ingredients:
Fresh frozen Atlantic herring - 350 g
Table salt - 3 tbsp.
Granulated sugar - 1 tbsp.
Water - 1 l
How to cook:
To prepare lightly salted herring at home, we will prepare the products according to the list. Always choose fish based on appearance. Her skin should be glossy, shiny, light and intact. If it is dry with a gray tinge, bursting in several places - do not take such a product in any case, it is indicates that the fish was repeatedly thawed or stored incorrectly, and this can harm our health.
Choose a convenient small saucepan or stewpan with such a purpose that we will salt the fish in it or in it. Collect exactly one liter of clean cold water, put it on the stove, boil it.
When it boils, add salt and sugar, stirring until completely dissolved. It will be the so-called brine among the common people.
Remove the saucepan from the stove and let cool completely. The easiest and fastest way to do this is to pour cold water into a closed sink, put a container with brine in it, everything will be ready in 5-10 minutes.
Place thawed fish in cold brine. If the back is slightly above the liquid, then it is better to put the belly up. Although I salt like this: I hold the herring upside down for one day, then turn it belly up. If your fish is medium-sized and completely covered with brine, then all these manipulations will not be needed.
We leave the herring for 3-4 hours at room temperature, then cover the saucepan with a lid and send it to a cold place for exactly two days.
After this time, the brine will draw out all the blood from the fish and change significantly in color.
You can rest assured that the fish is lightly salted and very tasty. We clean it from the insides, remove the head and tail, cut into convenient slices and serve with an onion and mashed potatoes. And if the holiday and health allows, then pour a glass of ice white.
Enjoy!
Like and subscribing to the channel is the best thanks for us :)
All our recipes can be found on the website: https://vilkin.pro