My Grandmother’s Pickled Herring

Preparation info
  • Serves

    8

    as an appetizer, 4 as a light entrée
    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      15 min

Appears in
Healthy Jewish Cooking

By Steven Raichlen

Published 2000

  • About

I have a confession to make. I’ve never acquired a taste for pickled herring. Which doesn’t bother my family members too much, for this means that there’s more fish for them. Especially when the fish in question is herring pickled from scratch the way my Grammie Ethel used to do it. If you’re used to pickled herring from ajar, the following recipe will come as a revelation.