pickled herring
Sour preserved sardine-relative
Pickled herring is herring preserved in brine or vinegar, often with onions, spices, and sugar.
A staple of Northern European and Jewish cuisines, it appears in various preparations—rollmops (rolled around pickles), matjes (young herring in mild cure), or cream sauce versions.
The fish is eaten as an appetizer, on bread, or as part of a smorgasbord.
- rye breadLoaf from cereal grain
- aquavitCaraway-flavored Scandinavian spirit
- smørrebrødDanish open sandwich
- appetizer plateDish for pre-meal bites
- vinegarAcidic cooking liquid
glass jar · Scandinavian cuisine · cream cheese · kipper · fish market · dill · Jewish cuisine · Polish cuisine · German cuisine · mustard seeds · Midsummer · brine · white vinegar · lutefisk · forage fish · bay leaves · sour cream · onion rings
- Acquired Tastesdurian, blue cheese, natto, Marmite, Vegemite
- Herringkipper, kippers, bloater, bloaters, buckling
- seafoodfish, shrimp, crab, lobster, salmon
- preserved foodsjam, jelly, sauerkraut, jerky, kimchi
- Seafood Dishesfish and chips, fried shrimp, crab cakes, shrimp cocktail, clam chowder
- sour foodslemon, lime, vinegar, grapefruit, cranberry
pickled herringsmoked salmon
Cured, preserved fish fillet
smoked herring · kippered herring · dried fish · fresh fish · salt cod
pickle, pickled, pickles, pickling, herring, brined, herrings, pickler, unpickled