Cold poached Herring appetizer with pickled vegetable, potato salad, Olive and Petit Pepper Tapenade from Luc for Northwest Herring Week!
Category: Featured Dishes
Happy Pride Weekend, Seattle! And what better way to celebrate our oneness than with the most commonly-eaten fish on earth: herring! This weekend, while you are attending Pride festivities on Capitol Hill, you will find these beautiful and delicious fishes dishes for Northwest Herring Week. Enjoy!
Alaskan Herring, piquillo pepper-golden raisin peperonata, pine nut gremolata, grilled bread from Terra Plata for Northwest Herring Week!
Herring Toast: grilled herring on house farro bread with dill, fennel & cucumber from Lark for Northwest Herring Week! (Also available for lunch at Slab)
Smoked Herring, summer squash, radish, herb vinaigrette from Bar Melusine for Northwest Herring Week!
Geng Som Pla – Southern Thai Sour Curry, spicy with Togiak herring, green papaya and greens, from Little Uncle for Northwest Herring Week!
Woodfire Grilled Herring, Warm Potato Salad, Red Wine Vinegar, Washington Coast Seaweed, Citrus, from Miller’s Guild for Northwest Herring Week! #nwherringweek #herring @MillersGuild
Herring Steckerlfisch from Altstadt for Northwest Herring Week! #nwherringweek #herring @AltstadtSeattle
Recipe:
Herring Steckerlfisch
Marinade:
- 25 g rosemary
- 25 g thyme
- 25 g tarragon
- 50 g green onion chopped
- 2 T cayenne
- 2 T paprika
- 2 T mace
- 1 head garlic
- 8 qts smoked canola oil
- 3# herring, whole, gutted, head on
- 2 lemons, thinly sliced
Mix the herbs and spices with the oil. Smoke the oil at a low temperature so the oil gets the smoky flavor but doesn’t fry the herbs. Cool and add the herring, Marinate overnight.
Remove herring from marinade. Lay sliced lemons inside the cavity of the herring and skewer.
Grill whole herring 4-6 minutes until flesh is slightly opaque.
Geng Som Pla – Southern Thai Sour Curry, spicy with Togiak herring, green papaya and greens, from Little Uncle for NW Herring Week! #nwherringweek #herring @littleuncletwit
Tempura fried herring, smoked herring parfait, wakame salad, grilled green onion, shiso oil, dashi gel from Art of the Table for Northwest Herring Week!
From Revel: Smoked herring pancake, chermoula, rapini, bagna cauda, for Northwest Herring Week!
Tomato-Marinated Pickled Herring with Fennel Salad from Marine Hardware for Northwest Herring Week!
- Serves: 4
- Preparation & Cooking Time: 40 minutes
- Marinate: 3 days
Ingredients:
- 8 Herring filets, scaled and pin boned
- 1 Red onion, small dice
- 6 Tbsp. light olive oil
- 4 tsp. sherry vinegar
- 1/3 cup Tomato puree
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 bunch Italian parsley, finely chopped
- 1 each Fennel bulb, thinly sliced
- 1 Lemon, zested and reserved
Preparation:
- Lay filets in a shallow pan or cut into pieces.
- Mix oil, vinegar and tomato well. Season. If too thick mix with water.
- Sprinkle onions over herring then spoon marinade over fish. Cover and refrigerate for two days. Transfer marinated fish into zip lock bags making sure seal is tight. Bring a shallow pot of water to 122 degrees and place bag in and poach for 5 minutes. Take out and put into an ice bath. Take out of bath and place into refridgerator.
- When ready to serve, lay herring into serving bowls and sprinkle with parsley. Mix fennel with olive oil and lemon juice and zest. Season to taste. Divide and lay some fennel atop herring.
Cold Soy Marinated Herring, soy, ginger and rice wine vinegar marinade, with cucumber, pickled shallot, toasted sesame, red chili, and wonton crisps from Salted Sea Seafood & Raw Bar for Northwest Herring Week! #nwherringweek #herring @Salted_Sea
Smoked Alaskan Herring Pate, english cucumber, red quinoa, blueberries, pecan toast from Palace Kitchen for NW Herring Week! Smooth with a capital smooth!
Alaska Herring Week 