Herring In Horseradish Cream
This is a great way to turn ordinary pickled herring into something special
Makes enough for: 2 people
Ingredients
For the Horseradish Cream
- 40 mls prepared horseradish
- 5 mls crème fraîche
- 5 mls lemon juice
- 5 mls apple cider vinegar
- 2.5 mls English mustard powder
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to season
For the Herring
- 5 rollmops
- 25 g radishes, thinly sliced
- 15 mls lemon juice
- 2 sprigs thyme, leaves picked
Method
For the Horseradish Cream
- Place the horseradish, crème fraîche, lemon juice, vinegar and mustard powder into a bowl and mix together
- Season to taste,cover the bowl with cling film and place into the fridge for the flavours develop
For the Herring
- Remove the rollmops from the pickling liquid and set aside
- Add the radishes to the pickling liquid and set aside for an hour to pickle
- Unroll the rollmops and cut the herring into bite size chunks
- Cut the gherkins into thin slices
- Place the herring and gherkins (and the onions from the pickling liquid if you want to add them) into the horseradish cream
- Add the lemon juice and stir to combine
- Add the radishes and mix, then adjust the seasoning if necessary
- Garnish with the thyme leaves and serve
Notes
See this post on how I sterilize my glass jars.