How to salt herring at home

From time to time, you want to please yourself with a little salt herring, and there is nothing wrong with this. After all, the product is very simple and tasty, besides it serves as the basis for many popular dishes that adorn our table even during the New Year holidays. And such a herring can be salted at home, and it does not take much time.

And today's edition. "Site" offer herringwhich will give a head start to any store analogues. And the ease of preparation of this method simply has no equal, because, except for the herring itself and the container for salting, almost nothing else is needed. And yes, we will cook fish directly in a three-liter jar, because this is the most convenient.





Salting herring Ingredients
  • 5-6 herrings
  • 2 l of water
  • 6 tbsp salt (with slide)
  • bay leaf and pepper peas to taste


Preparation
  1. Wash the whole herring carcass well. Put it in a three-liter jar. If desired, you can salt less fish.



  2. Make brine in a separate container. To do this, an ordinary two-liter jar with clean drinking water (can be boiled). Add the specified amount of salt to the water and mix well.



  3. Add, if desired, in a jar with herring bay leaf, as well as pepper.



  4. Now fill the herring with brine all the way to the neck. Cover the can and send it to the fridge. Keep the residues of brine - they will be useful later.



  5. After 1-2 days, the herring can already be tried. When you get one herring, fill the place in the jar with previously preserved brine so that the remaining fish becomes even more delicious.





This herring is cooked quickly, and stored for a long time. And the longer it will stand in the brine, the more it will look like a real barrel fish. Of course, you can salt herring in small pieces, but such a product is unlikely to be suitable for “coat” and other New Year salads. And here's the above. salting Definitely deserves your attention. Be sure to try cooking.