Sursild(Pickled Salted Herring) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 to 4 salted herring
2 large yellow or red onions
2/3 c. wine vinegar
1 c. water
1/2 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. whole black peppercorns
3 bay leaves

Preparation

Clean herring.
Cut off tail and head and rinse well in cold running water.
Put fish into a mixture of milk and water, enough to cover.
Allow to stand 12 hours.
Remove and drain.
Make shallow cut in skin along backbone and peel off skin, putting towards tail end.
Fillet herring and cut fillets into 1-inch pieces.