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Cooked Herring with Lemon Sauce and Potato Ring
Photo: Ernest Porzi

Cooked Herring with Lemon Sauce and Potato Ring

20 ingredients 3 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1294
Calories
56g
Protein
40g
Fat
175g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Salmon 100g cooked 208
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
White Bread 1 slice (30g) white 79
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Herring not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0
Sauce not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

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  • 2 lb Herring
  • Water
  • Salt
  • POTATO RING :
  • 1 1/2 lb Potatoes
  • 1 Grated or chopped onion
  • 2 Slices white bread
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1/2 c Milk
  • 1/4 c Butter
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • LEMON SAUCE:
  • 2 tb Butter or margarine
  • 2 tb Flour
  • 2 c Fish broth
  • 2 Egg yolks
  • 1/2 ts Salt (if fish broth is not sufficiently salted)
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • =

Directions

1

Peel potatoes and cook until soft. Drain and mash or rice the potatoes. Cover bread with milk and let stand for a few minutes. Mix together the potatoes, grated onion, bread, and milk. Season with salt and pepper. Add melted butter and beaten egg yolks. Beat egg whites stiff and fold in. Butter a ring mold and sprinkle with bread crumbs. Put potato mixture into mold and bake in a moderate oven (375F) until nicely browned. Turn out on serving platter. While potato ring is baking, clean, bone, rinse and fillet herring. (Frozen herring fillets may be

2

used.) Cut fillets in pieces and cook in boiling salted water only until tender. Carefully remove and drain herring and place in center of potato ring. Pour lemon sauce over herring and serve.

3

For lemon sauce: Melt butter or margarine and add flour. Stir until well blended. Add fish broth slowly, stirring constantly. Beat egg yolks and add salt. Add to sauce, a little at a time, stirring briskly. Do not boil after eggs are added. Add strained lemon juice.

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