Herring Roes on Toast

Name: Herring Roes on Toast
Yield: Serve 4 to 6 unless otherwise stated.
Ingredients: Hot toast; Thin slices of bacon; Lemons; Soft herring or shad roes, about 4 per person; Gentlemen’s Relish or anchovy paste; Butter; Sunflower oil; Salt; All-purpose flour; Cayenne pepper; Minced parsley

Preparation info

Serve
4 to 6
unless otherwise stated.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Two Fat Ladies Obsessions

By Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright

Published 1999

About

This is my old standby and one of my favorite savories. It’s not so often seen nowadays. I can’t think why. It’s very cheap, too.

Ingredients

Soft herring or shad roes, about 4 per person
All-purpose flour
Thin slices of bacon
Hot toast

Dinner
Starter

Method

Get fine fresh, plump roes. Wash them under hot running water; this will remove the slime and stiffen them up. Drain and pat dry on paper towels. Put enough flour in a plastic bag to coat them, then gently shake the roes to coat all over. Remove from the bag, shake off excess flour, and lay them on some wax paper.

Cook the bacon until brittle. Have ready some hot toast spread with Gentl