Pickled Herring Swedish Style

Name: Pickled Herring Swedish Style
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Scandinavian
Ingredients: 4 matjes herring fillets or pickled herring; 1 red onion, thinly sliced; 100ml white vinegar; 4 tbsp sugar; 1/2 tsp allspice; 1 bay leaf; dill to serve; sour cream optional

Swedish matjes herring in a sweet-and-sour onion brine — the centrepiece of any Swedish smörgåsbord.

Total time

15 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

0 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Scandinavian

Ingredients

4matjes herring fillets or pickled herring

1red onion, thinly sliced

100mlwhite vinegar

4 tbspsugar

1/2 tspallspice

1bay leaf

dillto serve

sour creamoptional

Instructions

Make brine: bring vinegar, sugar, allspice and bay to a boil. Cool completely.

Slice herring into bite-sized pieces.

Layer herring and onion in a jar. Pour cold brine over.

Refrigerate at least 4 hours. Improves over 2–3 days.

Serve on rye bread with sour cream and dill.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

Protein

0.3g

Fat

0.1g

Carbs

15.3g

Fiber

0.5g

Sodium

1mg

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