Name: Creamed Herring
Yield: Makes 2 pints
Ingredients: 2 pints Pickled Herring; 1 cup light Sour Cream or ½ cup of the sour cream plus ½ cup heavy cream

Preparation info

Makes
2 pints

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Better Than Store-Bought

By Helen Witty and Elizabeth Schneider

Published 1979

About

This takes off where pickled herring ends. Plan to make this pretty much as you need it, as the sauce loses its creaminess if kept for several days. Allow the herring, seasonings, and cream to mellow for at least 8 hours before serving.

Ingredients

2 pints Pickled Herring
1 cup light Sour Cream or

Starter
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Empty the jars of herring into a strainer over a bowl. Reserve about one-fourth of the liquid and everything solid in the strainer.
Mix the reserved pickling liquid with the sour cream (or use the sour cream-heavy cream combination if you prefer a sweeter but more liquid sauce). Add the herring, onions, and spices, then return the mixture to the jars, cover, an

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