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Salt herring with soured cream, onion and apples

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Antonio Carluccio's Italia

By Antonio Carluccio

Published 2005

  • About

In my limited time in Austria, I learnt to appreciate various aspects of Germanic culture. Among other things, I become more punctual and more precise - as an Italian I needed to! Regarding food, I appreciated everything that tasted good. This recipe reminds me of Hamburg, but herrings are popular in Trentino and prepared in a similar way. For this you need a schmaltz hering: these are caught during the months when the fish are very fat and are then kept in salted brine for up to a y