Sunday 23 December 2007

Ginger Herring

I think I can just squeeze in one more type of herring before Christmas: Ginger herring. These are in a clear dressing - unlike most other herrings I know.

Ingredients:
- 4 tbsp white vinegar
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 2 serrano chilies [1]
- 2 puya chillies [1]
- 2 tbsp fresh ginger
- 1 shallot
- about 200 g (7 oz) pieces of pickled herring

The chilies, ginger, shallot was diced finely. Then everything was mixed well and alloved to stand in the fridge over night before serving on dark whole grain rye bread.

[1] It is far from essential to use serrano and puya chilies - the idea is to use a green and a red chili. Since I used dried puya I soaked them before dicing them, but with fresh red chilies obviously this step can be omitted.

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