How to salt herring at home

Store-bought herring may not be what you expect. It can be old or too salty. It can be stored in brine for a long time and lose its quality. To avoid buying bad herring, it's better to salt it yourself at home. It's easy to do, and you will enjoy fresh and tasty fish.

Salting herring at home is very simple. You just need to be patient and wait for the salting process to finish, and you can control the degree of saltiness of the fish yourself. If you need to obtain slightly salted fillet, you will have to wait only one day. To achieve a saltier taste (for example, when making some salads, like "Herring Under a Fur Coat") – 2-3 days.

Moreover, the recipe below for how to salt herring at home is basic, which you can vary by experimenting with various spices and seasonings.

Before starting work, the frozen herring should be thawed gently, that is, left for 6-12 hours in the refrigerator, where it will defrost from the ice naturally.

Yield: 8 servings.

Preparation time: 3 days.

Caloric content: 42 kcal per 100 grams of the dish.

Ingredients

• herring – 2 pcs;
• purified water – 2 l;
• rock salt – 120 g;
• white sugar – 50 g;
• coriander seeds (optional) – 0.5 tsp;
• assorted peppercorns – a few pcs;
• bay leaf – 4-5 pcs.

Preparation

1. Prepare the necessary ingredients.

2. It is better to boil the water together with all spices – this way they will better reveal their aromatic properties. This can be done directly in a suitable container for salting (if there is none, you can use a 2- or 3-liter jar, and boil the brine in a regular pot).

3. It is better to salt the herring whole, just remove the gills – they color the brine an unpleasant dirty color, which can affect the final taste, giving it bitterness.

4. Place the fish in the chosen container with the cooled brine (for example, in a deep frying pan).

5. Weigh down the fish slightly so that it is completely submerged in the liquid.

6. If the herring is salted in a jar, bend it slightly so that, just like in the deep frying pan, it is fully submerged in the brine.

7. Now, place the containers in the refrigerator and depending on the desired degree of saltiness, wait for 1-3 days.

Knowing how to salt herring at home, you can make a small stock and always have it on hand, especially during the upcoming holidays. To do this, salt several pieces in advance, and then freeze and use as needed. For example, a 3-liter jar holds 5 large herring.