Hollandse Nieuwe Haring

Name: Hollandse Nieuwe Haring
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Dutch
Ingredients: 4 salt-cured matjes herring fillets (ready-to-eat, refrigerated), drained; 1/4 cup yellow onion, finely diced; 2 tbsp sweet pickles, finely diced

10 minEasyServes 4190 cal/serving

DutchAppetizerNo-CookPescatarian

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Ingredients

4 salt-cured matjes herring fillets (ready-to-eat, refrigerated), drained
1/4 cup yellow onion, finely diced
2 tbsp sweet pickles, finely diced

Instructions

1

Buy commercially cured matjes from a refrigerated case. Do not cure herring at home. Drain 4 drained salt-cured matjes herring fillets (ready-to-eat, refrigerated) and pat the fillets dry with paper towels.
2

Lay the fillets on a chilled plate and scatter 1/4 cup finely diced yellow onion and 2 tbsp finely diced sweet pickles over them.
3

Serve cold. Eat each fillet by lifting it by the tail, tipping your head back, and lowering it in.

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What is Hollandse Nieuwe Haring?

Salt-cured young herring (matjes) served cold with finely diced raw onion and sweet pickle, eaten by lifting the fillet by its tail. It is the Dutch street-stall snack that marks the start of the herring season. This reference files it under Dutch appetizer: made without cooking, rated easy and about 10 minutes start to finish.

Why pat it dry first in Hollandse Nieuwe Haring?

Step 1 reads: "Drain 4 drained salt-cured matjes herring fillets (ready-to-eat, refrigerated) and pat the fillets dry with paper towels." Surface water has to boil off before anything can brown. Drying at step 1 means the food sears in the first minute instead of steaming.

How do I store and reheat Hollandse Nieuwe Haring?

Refrigerate what is left of Hollandse Nieuwe Haring within two hours and eat it within three days. It is served cold; there is nothing to reheat.

Can I halve or double Hollandse Nieuwe Haring?

Yes. As written it serves 4. Halved, the herring drops from 4 to 2; doubled, it is 8. Every line in this entry carries its half and double quantity, and the app's batch dial rewrites them inside each step. There is no cooking pitfall here; the quantities simply scale.

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