Lightly salted herring is a very popular traditional dish not only in Russia, but also in Holland, Sweden, Germany, Denmark and some other northern countries. In Russia traditional lightly salted seledka was always made whole in large quantities in wooden barrels, then cleaned, cut and served under sliced onions as a classical snack (“zakuska”) with vodka.
Here’s how to pickle fresh herring.This fish pickles in just 12- 24 hours and has a mellow flavor. Part of the trick of preparing herring is filleting the fish. If you buy it fresh at the supermarket, they’ll probably clean for you. Herrings are high in omega-3 fatty acids, which help to protect against heart, skin and circulation problems. When fresh, herrings are susceptible to spoilage, so pickling is an excellent way to preserve them.
Hi everyone! Welcome to my channel!
In Baltic States we eat a lot of herring.
It's one of the most traditional dishes we have.
And today I'll show you how to pickle fresh herring
so you can serve it in many, many other ways.
It's a very quick video and a quick recipe. So let's get started!
We're going to need salt, sugar, bay leaves,
cloves, peppercorns, hot water, 2-3 fresh herrings.
This is such an easy recipe,
so we're going to place our sugar and salt into our hot water.
Give it a good mix. We want to make sure all
the sugar and salt dissolves.
Herring goes
into the fridge for
about 12 hours or best
to leave it overnight.
So I've just taken out my herring from the fridge
and gave it a really good wash.
Now we're gonna cut it up.
So you take a fillet of herring and we're gonna cut it in the middle.
Yeah, okay, so that comes apart.
And then we're just gonna cut it further down across through
the middle, okay.
And then we're gonna fillet each bit.
We're going to get rid of all the bones,
the side bits, clean those off.
Now to get rid of the bone just put your knife through the top.
Once you fillet your fish we're going to have to take off the skin
and it should come off quite easily so maybe pinch it from the top
and just pull it and just like that okay it just comes off.
If you enjoyed this video tutorial don't forget to give me thumbs up,
leave your comments below.
I'll be posting few recipes on how to use
this herring in different Russian salads
So make sure you check that out and I'll see you soon. Bye!
