Barrie Davidson’s Sweet Pickled Herring

Name: Barrie Davidson’s Sweet Pickled Herring
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: acetic acid, 1 tsp; large onions, 3, finely sliced; sugar, 400 g (14 oz); fresh herrings, 3¼ kg (7 lb), cleaned weight; a stick of cinnamon, 15 g (½ oz); clear malt vinegar, 2¼ litres (2 British quarts); a blade of mace, 15 g (½ oz); allspice, 15 g (½ oz); cloves, 15 g (½ oz); peppercorns, 15 g (½ oz)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

North Atlantic Seafood

By Alan Davidson

Published 1980

About

This is a distinctive way of pickling herring, the results of which are enjoyed by guests at the Kilchoan Hotel, Ardnamurchan. My fellow clansman, whose hotel it is, declares it to be soundly based on a Highland tradition and so popular that he has to make it frequently in the quantities here indicated.

Ingredients

fresh herrings, 3¼ kg (7 lb), cleaned weight
clear malt vinegar, 2¼

Europe
United Kingdom
Ardnamurchan
Preserve
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Combine all the ingredients except the herrings and boil them for 15 minutes. Then add the herrings, filleted, boned and cut into squares of 3 cm (1 inch). Let them simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, when they w