Why does the recipe take over 12 hours?

Because the salt herring must be soaked (placed in water) beforehand – preferably overnight. The baking itself is only about ½ hour in a hot oven.

How is the pudding layered in the dish?

The herring is cleaned of skin and bones and cut into slices or strips. Layer it with sliced boiled potatoes in a greased dish – potatoes both at the bottom and top. Then pour over the mixture of flour, egg, milk, and pepper.

What is served with it?

Melted butter. The recipe serves 4 and requires ½ kg salt herring, 1 liter potatoes, 1 egg, 25 g wheat flour, and ⅓ liter milk.

Is salt needed in the batter?

No, the recipe uses only pepper – the herring provides enough salt, even after soaking.

Herring Pudding I

Name: Herring Pudding I
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 12 h
Total time: 12 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Norwegian
Ingredients: 0.5 kg salt herring (soaked); 1 l potatoes (boiled, approx. 800 g); 1 pcs egg; 25 g wheat flour; 3 dl milk; 0.5 tsp pepper (to taste); 20 g butter (for the dish and melted butter for serving)

Herring Pudding I: soaked salt herring in slices layered with boiled potato slices in a greased dish (potatoes at the bottom and top), covered with a mixture of flour, egg, milk, and pepper, baked half an hour in a hot oven and served with melted butter.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 120 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

Herring pudding is one of the best-known Norwegian household dishes made with salt herring and potatoes, baked in a dish with an egg custard. Erken gives two variants; this is the layered one.

How to make it

1
Soak and clean the herring
Place the herring in cold water overnight. Remove the skin and bones and cut the herring into slices or strips.
2
Layer in the dish
Grease a dish. Layer herring and slices of boiled potatoes, with potatoes at the bottom and top.
3
Mix the custard
Stir together flour, egg, milk, and pepper and pour the mixture over.
4
Bake
Bake the pudding in a hot oven (about 200 °C (390 °F)) for half an hour, until it is set and golden.
5
Serve
Serve the herring pudding with melted butter.

Changes from the original

Unclear OCR quantities have been interpreted as ½ kg herring and ⅓ l milk. "Hot oven" is given as about 200 °C (390 °F). The method has been divided into steps and written in modern language.

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Fra1914 1949 Modernisert

Til1914 1949 Modernisert

1914 (korrekturlest, s. 120) → 1949 (korrekturlest, s. 146)~30% av teksten endretfjernetlagt til

½ kg. salt sild 1 l. poteter 1 2 egg 25 gr. hvetemel ~~⅓ l.~~ 4 del. melk 1 spiseskje finhakket persille pepper smør. Den ~~utvandede~~ utvannede sild befries for ~~skind~~ skinn og ben og skjæres op i skiver eller strimler, ~~lægges~~ legges i smurt og strødd form lagvis med de kokte, i skiver ~~skaarne~~ skårne poteter (poteter underst og øverst). Mel, egg, melk og pepper blandes sammen og ~~heldes~~ helles over. Puddingen bestrøes med persillen og stekes i varm ovn ½ time. Serveres med smeltet smør.

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Frequently asked questions

Why does the recipe take over 12 hours?: Because the salt herring must be soaked (placed in water) beforehand – preferably overnight. The baking itself is only about ½ hour in a hot oven.
How is the pudding layered in the dish?: The herring is cleaned of skin and bones and cut into slices or strips. Layer it with sliced boiled potatoes in a greased dish – potatoes both at the bottom and top. Then pour over the mixture of flour, egg, milk, and pepper.
What is served with it?: Melted butter. The recipe serves 4 and requires ½ kg salt herring, 1 liter potatoes, 1 egg, 25 g wheat flour, and ⅓ liter milk.
Is salt needed in the batter?: No, the recipe uses only pepper – the herring provides enough salt, even after soaking.

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