Recipe Collections – Herring and Mackerel Recipes

Make the most of smoked mackerel and herring with the recipes below. Both fish offer great nutritional benefits and tasty flavors to add to your recipe repertoire.

German Style Herring Salad

A colorful herring salad from Chef Ludger Szmania with multiple flavors in a sour-cream dressing, served over mesclun salad (salad blend)

Stipp (Herring in Cream Cheese Sauce)
(Hering mit Frischkäse-Sauce)

Apples, onions, lemon and cream cheese expand and complement the flavor of canned herrings in this appetizer or light lunch entree garnished with dill.

Smoked Mackerel with Apple-Horseradish and Chervil

Smoked mackerel is topped with a apple-horseradish cream in this canape recipe garnishe with chervil.

Marinated Fried Herring (Bratheringe)

A traditional recipe from the Hanseatic cities for fresh herring breaded, fried and then marinated with pickles, onions, chilies and spices.

Crispy Potato Pancakes with Quick Herring Salad

This recipe makes a great light supper when served alongside some soup and rolls. As an easy alternative to making the pancakes from shredded potatoes, you could use a German potato pancake mix.

Matjes Herring Salad with Yogurt Sauce

The flavor of marinated matjes herring is complemented by German dill pickles, and a smooth, creamy taste of mayonnaise and vanilla yogurt.

Berlin-style Rollmops (Pickled Herring)

A fillet of herring rolled and stuffed with julienne carrot and onions and a sauce of vinegar, wine, carrot slices, peppercorns, bay leaf, juniper berries, and thyme.

Labskaus Stew (Herring, Corned Beef, Red Beets, Potatoes)

A traditional meal made from Rollmops herring, corned beef, red beets and potatoes, served cold and popular in the Northern part of Germany. Simple, yet sophisticated.

Vegetarian Edel Labskaus (Red Beet & Potato Stew)

A meatless version of the traditional sailor stew prepared with red beets and potatoes.

 


More Information:

 

Healthy Benefits From Humble Herrings

 

Savoring At The Baltic Sea Shore

 

Stay Connected!

Sign up for the German Foods newsletter

Get the latest recipes, news and special offers...

You have Successfully Subscribed!