Ingredients
Instructions
- Dissolve 3 tablespoons of the salt in 3 cups of cold water.
- Put the herring in the salt water, cover and refrigerate for 12 hours.
- Put the remaining salt, the vinegar, sugar, allspice berries, peppercorns, and bay leaves in a small saucepan with 1 cup of water.
- Stir this mixture over med/high heat until the sugar dissolves, then remove from the heat and cool.
- Remove the herring from the salt water and put in a shallow baking dish.
- Put the onions on top of the fish, then pour in the pickling mixture.
- Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Serve right from the dish, yum!