Dinner 7

For the seventh dinner in the "Kyoto Dinner Experiments" we were invited home to Markuz and his wife Yuka. Attending the dinner was also Bianca from Germany and Juan from the Dominican Republic. We served them pickled herring with boiled potatoes.

Pickled Herring

Ingredients

8 Herring Fillets

Brine:

1 dl White Vinegar

2 dl Sugar

3 dl Water

2 Red Onions

1 Carrot

15 Black Peppercorn

2 Bay Laurel Leafs

Do like this:

Boil all the ingredients for the brine. After it has boiled let it cool off.

Cut the herring into pieces and put it in the brine.

Put it in glass bottles and let it sit in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours. (the longer the better)

Serve the pickled herring with boiled potatoes and some sour cream.

This is the most common way to serve the pickled herring but it is also popular to marinate it with different sauces. Below is some of the most popular ways to marinate the pickled herring.

Lemon and Garlic Herring

200 g pickled herring

Juice and skin of a half lemon

1 Clove of Garlic

1 dl Olive Oil

Pepper

Cut the garlic in small pieces and mix everything together. Let it sit for a couple of hours before serving.

Mustard Herring

200 g pickled herring

3 table spoons of sour cream

1 table spoon mayonnaise

4 table spoons of mustard

2 table spoons of dill

Mix everything together and let it sit a couple of hours before serving.

Tomato Herring

200 g pickled herring

3 table spoons sour cream

1 table spoon of mayonnaise

2 table spoons of olive oil

1/2 yellow onion

4 table spoons of tomato paste

Fry the onion in the olive oil, add the tomato paste. Let it cool off and mix the rest.

Let it sit for a couple of hours before serving.