Name: Herrings with Lemon and Mustard Sauce
Yield: Serve 4 to 6 unless otherwise stated.
Ingredients: 2 tbsp all-purpose flour; 4 tbsp butter; 4 large herrings, filleted; 2 tsp German mustard; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 1 extra large egg; 1 clove of garlic, creamed; Salt and freshly ground pepper; ¼ cup olive oil; 1 tbsp milk; 1 tsp German mustard; 2 tsp chopped fresh chives

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

Ingredients

2 tbsp all-purpose flour
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1 extra large egg

Method

Season the flour with salt and pepper. Beat the egg with the milk and the mustard. Rinse and dry the herring fillets. Dip into the beaten egg mixture and then in the seasoned flour.

Melt the butter in a large frying pan and fry the fillets over a moderate heat for 3—4 minutes on either side and until a light golden brown.

Meanwhile, to make the sauce, whisk together all the ingr