I bought some pickled herring at Costco. They are pretty good, but they are still too sweet for my taste. Has anyone here ever rinsed the pickled herring and then re-seasoned them? If so, please tell me about it.
It's made by "Feature Foods", a Canadian company. So far, it's the least sweet non-Scandinavian pickled herring that I have tried. I would buy pickled herring at Ikea, but theirs is full of weird chemicals.What brand is it? I buy "Vita Brand" and it doesn't taste sweet to me. I have never tried to "re-pickle" anything.
I don't buy pickled herring, but if the banana pepper pickles I buy are too sweet, I'll pour out some of the liquid and add more vinegar. I don't think it's a problem.
From what I have read, you can use salted herring and skip the brine. Why do you suggest vodka? Because it isn't sour like vinegar? How about white wine?Let us know. Because the process to make pickled herring involves brining it first and then adding the flavour as the final step, I wonder if you rinsed it and then pickled it again using vodka and black peppercorns would work...
Thank you for the reminder. I have found a bunch of Scandinavian recipes in Danish, on the internet.I'd use one of these as a guide, depending on what you have now: Pickled Herring Three Ways Recipe - NYT Cooking