Christmas specials: śledzie w pomidorach (herring in tomato sauce)

Last but not least when it comes to salted herring, herring marinated in tomato sauce. An absolute must on the Christmas eve supper table in my house.

You'll need:

salted herring fillets

tomato concentrate

oil

onion

whole black pepper

bay leaves

vinegar

laurel leaves

1. Just like with other recipes involving salted herring posted here, the fillets need to be put in cold water first for a few hours until they reach the right level of saltiness.

2. Fry onions in hot oil. Add tomato concentrate, black pepper, 2-3 bay leaves and vinegar.
3. Cut the hering fillets into smaller bits and put in a jar.

4. Allow the sauce on the frying pan to cool down and then transfer into the jar with herring.

5. Leave aside for 2-3 days.

Bon appétit!

Christmas specials: rolmopsy

Yet another way to enjoy salted herring: rolled herrings (PL: rolmopsy).

You'll need:

4 salted herring fillets (for 8 rolmopsy)

1 sour cucumber

1/2 onion

spicy mustard

oil

vinegar

8 coctail sticks

 

1. Put the herring fillets in cold water for 2-3 hours, depending on how salty they are. Change water from time to time. Remove when they achieve the right level of saltiness.

2. Cut the fillets into halves longways. Spread some mustard on the inner side.

3. Cut the cucumber and the onion into thin slices.

4. Put a slice of a cucumber and onion on the edge of each herring fillet and roll. Pin each rolled fillet with a coctail stick.

5. Put you rolled herrings in abowl or a wide den jar.

6. Add oil to 3/4 height of the herrings and and then add enough vinegar to cover them fully in the marinade.

7. Leave for two days in the marinade, et voila!

Bon appétit!

Christmas specials: śledzie po japońsku

It's December again, and Christmas is getting closer and closer, so it's high time I continue with my Christmas specials series (last year I started off with recipes for breaded mushroom hats and a beetroot fish salad). This time I commence with my favourite Chritmas Eve dish: śledzie po japońsku ('Japanese' herring). It's herring covered in a 'duvet' of apples and cream.

You'll need:

200g of salted raw herring fillets

2 sour apples

250g of sour cream

dill for decoration

1. Salted herring straight from fish monger's is too salty to use, so first it needs to be put in water for 2-3h. The exact time will depend on the level of saltiness of the herring. Change the water from time to time to achieve the desired effect.

2. Cut the herring fillets into smaller bits, like the ones in the picture below, and put them on a plate.

3. Peel the apples and grate them on a cheese grate.

4. Add the apples on top of the herring

5. Cover everything with sour cream, add some dill on top for decoration et voilà!
6. It's even better the next day!

Bon appétit!

turkey leftover treat

 

It's been a week since Thanksgiving and I still have some turkey leftovers in my fridge (what can I say, it was a big bird), so I've been experimenting a little bit. Here's one of the quick recipes I came up with (it's great for less attractive parts of turkey, they will become really tender once cooked in wine):

You'll need:
- turkey bits
- some lima beans (around 1/3 of a can for a portion)
- 1/4 glass of white wine
- 1/4 glass of crème fraîche
- parsley
- black pepper
- nutmeg 

1. Put the turkey bits in a hot pan and add the wine, beans, freshly grated pepper and nutmeg. Allow to simmer slowly for around 5 minutes.
2. Add cream and leave on the hob for another minute or so.
3. Add parsley et voilà!

Bon appétit!