Bückling

A cold-smoked herring whose flesh stays tender, creamy-coloured and slightly fatty. Typical of the North Sea and Baltic coasts, it is served as it is, with bread and butter.

10 min
4 servings
Medium
Budget-friendly
🇩🇪 Germany

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Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

Ground black pepper

Optional extras

1 Apple (thinly sliced)

On the side

4 Steamed potatoes

Nutrition facts

251 kcal per serving

Protein: 11.2 g
Carbohydrates: 17.4 g
of which sugars: 2 g
Fat: 14.7 g
of which saturated fat: 7.1 g
Fiber: 1.8 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

Carefully remove the skin and the main bones from the smoked herrings, then cut them into fillets.
Slice the red onion very finely and leave it to marinate for 5 minutes in the cider vinegar.
Spread the slices of rye bread with a little butter.
Lay the herring fillets on the bread and add a few rings of marinated onion.
Add a dab of mustard and a pinch of black pepper.
Serve with the steamed potatoes, still lukewarm.