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Devilled herrings with green sauce
Photo: Mike Kenneally

Devilled herrings with green sauce

23 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

Use any fresh garden herbs for this vibrant sauce, it will taste a little different every time. Less popular herbs such as lovage are also good, but go easy as they can be very strong in flavour.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

630
Calories
22g
Protein
7g
Fat
119g
Carbs

Counts 14 of 18 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Chili 1 tsp (2.7g) 8
Shallot 1 tbsp minced (10g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Capers 1 tbsp (9g) drained 2
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0
Sorrel not in our table 0
Peppermint not in our table 0
Semolina 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

  • 2 large free-range egg yolks
  • 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 2 tsp Dijon mustard
  • ½ tsp caster sugar
  • ½ tsp flaked sea salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 150ml/5fl oz sunflower oil
  • 1 small shallot
  • ½ small garlic
  • 1 tbsp small capers
  • 15g/½oz fresh parsley
  • 15g/½oz fresh sorrel
  • 10g/¼oz fresh mint
  • 10g/¼oz fresh tarragon
  • 1 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 600g/1lb 5oz herringherrings
  • 750ml/1⅓ pint sunflower oil
  • 6 tbsp plain flour
  • 3 tbsp semolina
  • 2 tsp English mustard powder
  • 1 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 tsp fine sea salt
  • ½ lemon

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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