Herrings with Caper Stuffing
You can, if
you are lucky, buy herring
fillets for this recipe. If not, boning
is quite easy.
Serves : 4
Ingredients:
4 Herrings
(about 8oz / 225g each), gutted
1oz / 25g Butter
FOR THE STUFFING:
3oz / 75g Fresh White Breadcrumbs
1 Level tsp Mustard
Powder
3 Level tbsp Finely Chopped Parsley
Zest of 1 Lemon,
finely grated
Juice of ½ Lemon
1 Level tbsp Capers,
rinsed, patted dry and chopped
1oz / 25g Butter
1 Medium Onion, finely
chopped
Salt and Freshly
Milled Black Pepper
Instructions:
1.
Pre-heat
the oven to Gas Mark 7 / 425ºF / 220ºC.
2.
To make
the stuffing, first mix the breadcrumbs, mustard powder, parsley, lemon zest and juice,
and capers together in
a large mixing bowl.
3.
Now heat
the butter in a
frying pan and soften the onion
in it over a low heat for 10 minutes, before adding it, together with its
buttery juices, to the breadcrumb mixture
and seasoning everything with salt and freshly milled black pepper.
4.
Now open
each herring
out flat, and spread a quarter of the stuffing down one side of each one, then
fold the other side back to its original shape.
5.
Using
string, tie a short length in three places around each fish
to stop the filling from falling out while the herrings
are cooking.
6.
Then put
the fish
in the buttered baking dish, place a knob of butter on each one and
bake near the top of the oven for 15 minutes, basting once with the buttery
juice.
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