ingredients

1 kg of smoked herrings
2 carrots
1 sweet onion
5 cloves
5 juniper berries
1/2 cuil. to c. of Cayenne pepper
2 bay leaves
1 tbsp. to c. of mignonnette
75 g of sugar
5 dl of rapeseed oil
25 cl of vinegar

Equipment

1 saucepan
1 spider
1 board 1 knife

Steps

Herring marinated in oil

In advance: heat vinegar, sugar, cloves, juniper, cayenne and carrots sliced ​​in-ronds. At the first broth, remove from heat, add oil. Let cool.

Assemble : remove the carrots from the spider. In each jar, layer layers of herring, carrot, finely chopped onion, 1 bay leaf, mignonette; repeat until you exhaust the ingredients; end with herring.

Finish: pour vinegar oil and herbs. Close. Let macerate for 3 weeks, ensuring that the herring remain immersed; if necessary, add oil.

tips

"The best seasonal jars"

It can imprison in the glass pies, fruits, jams. Olivier Straehli, author of the 41 recipes of this book, suggests more: his lemons are filled with olive oil, he makes a stock of beef cheeks, mutton stew, pesto soup, ratatouille, his pears bathe in pinot noir, its fresh apricots in spices ... Cook each season to taste it all year long! Minerva. € 9.90.

The idea of ​​Olivier

Enjoy with steamed potatoes sprinkled with fresh dill and Roscoff onion in slices.