Recipe: Etta’s Fried Herring with Cherry-Frisee salad and Mint-Dill cream for NW Herring Week!

Etta’s Fried Herring with Cherry-Frisee salad and Mint-Dill cream for Northwest Herring Week!

Recipe:

Brine fish in the following for 2 hours

•    1c champagne vin
•    2c h20
•    1/2c sugar
•    1/2c salt
•    1 whole lemon cut into rings

Mint and Dill Cream:

•    1c sour cream
•    1c mayo
•    5T mint finely chopped
•    5T dill finely chopped
•    2T parsley finely chopped
•    Salt and lemon juice to taste

Dredge for fish:

• Equal parts AP flour and cornstarch

Cherry and Frisee salad garnish:

Toss ingredients together with a simple vinaigrette of lemon juice, olive oil and a pinch of salt.

•    Baby frisee
•    Sliced Rainier cherry
•    Red currants
•    Pickled mustard seed
•    Pickled Ramps