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preparation

Preparation time: approx. 45 minutes + 3 days steeping time

How to make bismarck herring yourself:

  1. Wash fish. Wash the herrings under cold water.
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  2. Prepare pegs. For this recipe, you will need to scale, gut, debone and fillet the herrings. Alternatively, you can buy ready-made, unsalted herring fillets (no matjes fillets) - this eliminates these steps.
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  3. Mix the brewing ingredients. Mix all ingredients evenly in a saucepan.
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  4. Top up with water. Fill up the ingredients with 800 milliliters of water.
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  5. Bring the brew to the boil. Boil the brew.
  6. Let cool down. Take the marinade off the stove to let it cool down.
  7. Layer fish. Layer the herrings in a baking dish or similar container.
  8. Add onion rings. It will be tasty if you put a few onion rings between the individual fillets.
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  9. Pour over lukewarm. Pour the cooked ingredients lukewarm over the herring fillets.
  10. Refrigerate. Put the Bismarck herrings in the cold for about three days.

Do-it-yourself Bismarck herring - variations & side dishes

If you use sweetener instead of sugar to make your Bismarck herring, the pickled fish will last longer. You can also use the brew Preserving aid apply.

Bismarck herring tastes best fresh from the refrigerator with onions. On a bright bun the fish is particularly tasty. You can also serve the specialty with fried or boiled potatoes, sour cream and egg. Alternatively, the fish can be turned into a hearty one salad create.

Do you like it healthy and light? Try your homemade Bismarck herring with full-bodied wholemeal bread or as a topping on crispy leaf salads. For the hangover breakfast à la rollmops, serve the fish with pickles.

Bismarck Herring - Calories and Nutrition Facts 

nutrient Amount per 100 grams

Calorific value

180 kcal

753 kJ
carbohydrates 3.2 g
fat 11.6 g
protein 15.5 g
Fiber 0.5 g
salt 1.16 g
cholesterol 83 mg
Bread units 0,3

By the way: Do you know where the name "Bismarck Herring" comes from? Allegedly Otto von Bismarck received a barrel of pickled herring from the Stralsund fish merchant Johann Wiechmann. The Chancellor then granted the trader the privilege of selling the fish under his name. A document - which was unfortunately destroyed in the Second World War - is said to have attested to this. However, this is only one possible Explanation of naming.

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