Pickled Herring 2

Name: Pickled Herring 2
Ingredients: 1 medium red onion; 6 to 8 whole allspice, crushed; 1 large or 2 smaller salt herrings; ¼ cup sugar; ½ teaspoon peppercorns, white or black, cracked; ¾ cup white vinegar; ¼ cup water; 2 bay leaves, broken; dill weed, fresh or dried, chopped, or to taste for serving

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home Canning and Preserving

By Janet Cooper

Published 2014

About

Ingredients

1 large or 2 smaller salt herrings
1 medium red onion
6 to 8

Preserve
Side dish
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Prepare and soak the herring as in the previous recipe.
Squeeze the water from the herring and arrange in one layer in a flat glass dish and top with peeled and sliced onion. Combine the rest of the ingredients, except the dill weed, in a pan and simmer together, covered, for 15 minutes. Let steep at room temperature overnight