Canned fermented herring with a famously strong smell, eaten with flatbread, potatoes and onion in northern Sweden.
History
Fermented herring was a way to preserve fish in the north from the 1500s. It is traditionally opened outdoors in August.
Ingredients
- Baltic herring
- Salt
- Water
How it's made
- Catch herring in spring and gut
- Salt lightly and ferment in barrels for weeks
- Pack in cans to continue fermenting
- Open outdoors in a bowl of water
- Eat on thin flatbread with potato and onion
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