Appropriate soaking herring it will get rid of excess salt, which is a positive thing will affect the taste and consistency of the fish. However, it turns out that the soaking method depends mainly on the type of herring. The process is different when it comes to traditional barrel specialties or brined herring.
How long should you soak herring? In case:
- Barreled herrings – they have the highest salt content, so soaking in water should take the longest – even 24 hoursthe water should be cold and should be changed every few hours;
- Herrings from brine (fish salted using the Danish method) – here the process is much shorter, the fish should be soaked for 2 hoursand the water should be replaced after an hour;
- Matiasów – in this case, soaking takes the shortest time, only 15 minuteswhat is important – when buying such herrings, you should pay attention to whether they are actually matias or just herring fillets a’la matias.
In all the above variants, soaking the herring should not take too long. Otherwise, the fish will lose its taste.
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Herring you can soak both in wateras well as in milk Whether buttermilk. In the case of the above-mentioned dairy products, soaking may take slightly less time than soaking in water.
Moreover, milk and buttermilk can make herring interesting taste and will make it the fish meat will become more tender. However, we cannot exaggerate the length of the entire process because, as in the case of soaking the herring in water for too long, the herring will be bland and bland.
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