Pickled Herring and Beetroot Salad

Name: Pickled Herring and Beetroot Salad
Yield: Serves eight
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 3–4 sprigs of thyme; 1 red chilli, deseeded and sliced; 50 g (1¾ oz) caster sugar; 1 teaspoon mustard seeds; 1 teaspoon black peppercorns; 150 g (5½ oz) coarse sea salt; 12 herring fillets; salt and white pepper; chilli flakes; 50 ml (1¾ fl oz) soured cream; 750 g (1 lb 10 oz) golden, Chioggia or Cheltenham beetroot; 2 large banana shallots, peeled and very thinly sliced; a few drops of white wine vinegar; 500 ml (18 fl oz) white wine; 3 bay leaves; smoked salt; olive oil for drizzling; a few mint leaves, torn

Preparation info

Serves
eight

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

A Long and Messy Business

By Rowley Leigh

Published 2018

About

The herrings can be pickled up to a week in advance, but I fear the beetroot will suffer if they have to sit in a fridge.

Ingredients

12 herring fillets
150 g (5½ oz) coarse sea salt

Europe
United Kingdom
Pescatarian
Spicy
December
Gluten-free
England

Method

To pickle the herrings, put 100 g (3 1/2 oz) of the coarse sea salt in 100 ml (