Don Black Sea-Azov herring calledreaching a size of 30-40 cm. At the end of March and beginning of April spawning migration begins in fish, as a result of which it falls into the large rivers Don, Dnieper, Danube and others. It is during this period that active fishing begins. The name “Don herring” originated from the river Don. Caught fish can be fried, smoked on coals, wilted. But still the most delicious herring is obtained when salting, especially since for a long time there were many recipes for its preparation in this way.
Salting Don herring dry
No one knows how to salt the Don herring asfishermen. They know all the secrets of cooking this tasty and fatty fish (during spawning, the herring fat content reaches 20%). Salting tips from fishermen are as follows:
- It is only necessary to pack fish into the container.belly down. This is due to the fact that in the first place the belly in which there are entrails begins to deteriorate, and therefore it is important that it be salted as early as possible.
- In the process of salting the carcass should be mixed at least 1 time per day.
- It is not necessary to use pressure during salting.
- Ready herring can be frozen. If necessary, the fish is thawed on the top shelf of the refrigerator, cut and served to the table. It turns out very tasty salted Don herring.
The recipe for making fish with a dry salting is as follows:
- Для засолки используется целая, непотрошеная fish carcass. It is rolled in coarse salt, completely filled the gills and spread in a plastic refrigerator box (intended for storing vegetables) or in any other container.
- The herring is placed in a container with its back upwards in a staggered manner (in order to save space).
- In this form, the herring will be salted for 7 days. However, already on the 3rd day, when the brine begins to appear, the upper and lower carcasses need to be shifted (swapped).
The finished herring is washed under running water, cleaned and served to the table. The remaining carcass is laid out in plastic bags and frozen.
How to pickle Don herring in brine
Some people prefer to cook herring only in brine. In this way, the fish evenly salted, it turns out tender and juicy.
How to pickle Don herring at home will be presented in step-by-step instructions:
- Prepare the brine by dissolving 500 g of salt in three liters of hot water.
- Put the fish back up in a staggered manner and pour over the cooled brine.
- In this form, the herring will be salted for 4 days in the refrigerator.
- The next day, you will need to prepare a new brine based on three liters of hot water and 200 g of salt.
- To get a herring from an old brine, to shift in new, and to send in the refrigerator for 4 more days.
Remove the cooked herring from the brine, rinse under running water, gut and serve.
How to pickle don herring in soy sauce
Korean cuisine lovers will love herring marinated in soy sauce. There are two ways of its preparation, each of which involves salting the fish for 8-12 hours.
Don herring in soy marinade according to the first method is prepared as follows:
- Herring is sorted, filleted, and folded into a small plastic container along with caviar (optional).
- Prepare a marinade of soy sauce and boiled water (2 tbsp.), Vinegar and salt (1 tbsp.), Sugar (1 tsp.) And onion sliced.
- The prepared marinade is poured into a container with fish, mixed, covered with a lid and sent to the refrigerator for at least 8 hours.
- Ready herring served to the table directly with pickled onions.
The second method of cooking Don herring insoy sauce also involves marinating fish in a jar. It is cleared of viscera, cut into 2 cm thick pieces, folded into a jar and filled with soy sauce so that it completely covers the fish. After 12 hours, the herring can be served.
Marinated Herring
Prepare a delicious Don herring for 48 hours, you can pickle it in salt and spicy spices. The fish is salted, very fragrant and tasty.
Marinated don herring is prepared as follows:
- Put fresh, gutted fish in a glass.dish and pour the pickle. To prepare it in 1 liter of cold water, dissolve 3 tablespoons of salt. Herring in brine send in the fridge for a day.
- After 24 hours, take the dishes with fish out of the fridge. Pull the herring out of the pickle, gut, disassemble the fillets and put in a glass jar.
- Add sugar to the jar with fish (½ h.spoons), vinegar (1 tbsp. spoon), allspice peas, bay leaf and onion sliced into half rings. It is good to ram the herring and send to the refrigerator for another 24 hours.
After a day, pickled herring can be served with mashed potatoes or other dishes.
Quick salted herring in oil
According to this recipe, Don herring can be pickled in just one night and in 8 hours you can enjoy the taste of tender and fatty fish.
Step-by-step recipe of cooking is as follows:
- First of all, cook on low heatmarinade from 120 ml of sunflower oil and a tablespoon of tomato paste. As soon as the contents of the pan boil, 80 ml of vinegar is poured into it. After that, the marinade must be removed from the stove and cool.
- In a cooled marinade is added a tablespoon of salt, allspice peas (1 teaspoon) and red pepper (2 teaspoons).
- At last, chopped onion (6-7 onions) is added to the cold marinade.
- Don herring (1 kg) is sorted into fillets (with skin), laid out in a container in layers, alternating fish and marinade.
- For salting the fish is sent to the refrigerator for at least 4 hours, and better for the night.
How to fry Don herring
Don herring can not only be salted, but also fry a whole carcass in a frying pan. It turns out very tasty independent dish that can be served with new potatoes or with another side dish.
You can prepare a delicious Don herring in a pan using the following recipe:
- Gut herring (2-3 pieces), remove the insides and remove the gills. Tail and fins can be left.
- Prepare the filling for the fish, mixing dininga spoonful of chopped green onions, the same amount of dill, breadcrumbs (2-3 tablespoons), ground black pepper, salt and lemon zest (½ tsp).
- Next, the fish is stuffed with the prepared mixture, rubbed with salt, rolled in flour and fried in vegetable oil.
- Before serving, it is recommended to sprinkle herring with lemon juice.
