Baked Herring

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 4 herrings fillets
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 pint half-and-half, malt vinegar or 1/2 pint water
• 1 tablespoon pickling spices
• 4 bay leaves
• 2 small onions, sliced

Recipe

• 1 clean herrings, cut off heads and tails.
• 2 scale and bone herrings, cut down middle to give you two fillets.
• 3 rollup the fillets from the tail end with the skin inside.
• 4 place close together in an ovenproof dish.
• 5 pour over the vinegar/water mixture.
• 6 sprinkle with pickling spice.
• 7 place onions and bay leaves on top.
• 8 cover with foil and bake slowly in a warm oven for 1½ hours.
• 9 at gas 2, 300ºf, 150ºc.