Pickled Herring - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup water
1 cup vinegar
3 whole bay leaves
2 onions, sliced thin
6 Tbsp. sugar
10 peppercorns
1 Tbsp. sherry wine
1 large jar herring

Preparation

Bring sauce to boil, until sugar is dissolved. Cool. Pour over herring and thin sliced onions.