Sherry Herring
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One of my famous Christmas herring recipes.
Course
Lunch
Cuisine 
Ingredients
- 100 ml white wine vinegar
- 100 ml water
- 75 ml sugar
- 3-4 black peppercorns
- 3-4 allspice berries
- 1 star anise
- 3-4 juniper berries
- 70 g tomato purée
- 100 ml dry sherry
- 1 jar marinated herring fillets cut into pieces
Instructions
- Put the vinegar, water, sugar, peppercorns, allspice, star anise, juniper berries and tomato purée into a saucepan.
- Bring briefly to the boil, stirring until the sugar has dissolved.
- Remove from the heat and allow the mixture to cool completely.
- Stir in the sherry.
- Add the herring pieces and mix gently to coat.
- Chill for several hours before serving, preferably overnight.
Notes
If possible, use old-fashioned herrings (gammeldags modnede sild in Danish).
You might also want to read about the provenance of this recipe described below the one for Curried Herrings.