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Marinated Salt Herring, Sour Herring

4 servings

Ingredients

• salt herrings (as needed)
• bay leaves (a little)
• whole peppercorns (a little)
• allspice (a little)
• sliced lemon peel (a little)
• capers (a little)
• good wine vinegar (as needed)
• boiled water (as needed)

Instructions

1. Prepare the salt herrings as usual, and without cutting them into pieces, marinate them like the fried herrings: layer them alternately in a container with bay leaves, whole peppercorns, allspice, sliced lemon peel, and capers, then pour a mixture of good wine vinegar and boiled water over them.
2. When preparing, the herrings can also be split lengthwise and the backbone removed.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.