Polish Food: Recipe: Fish: Polish Style Herring

Polish Style Herring

Serves: 4

Ingredients

4 even sliced herring, cleaned
2 onions, thinly sliced
10 black peppercorns
5 whole allspice berries
2 bay leaves
1 lemon, sliced
Juice of three lemons
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 tsp sugar
4 potatoes, peeled and sliced
Salt, pepper, and caraway seed
6 tbsps vegeatble oil
Lemon wedges and chopped parsley to garnish

1. Place fish open end downward on a chopping board. Press along backbone with the heel of your hand to loosen the bone.
2. Turn over and carefully pull out the main bone.
3. Cut the fillets in half and skin them using a filleting knife, beginning at the tail and working up to the head using a sawing motion, with the knife at the angle of the fillet.
4. Layer up the fillets in a deep casserole, placing onion slices, spices, bay leaves and lemon slices between each layer.
5. Mix lemon and sugar together and pour over the fish. Place a sheet of wax paper directly over the top of the fish and cover with the casserole lid. Store in the refrigerator for 24 hours. Remove the fillets and strain the liquid. Maix four tbsps of the liquid with the cream and pour over the fillets to serve.
6. Layer the potatoes in an ovenproof serving dish and sprinkle salt, pepper, and caraway seed in between each layer and on top. Spoon the oil over the top of the potatoes and bake, uncovered, in a preheated oven set at 400 degrees F for 30-40 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through. Serve with the herring. Garnish the dish with chopped parsley and lemon wedges.
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