Grilled herrings with mustard & basil dressing

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• Ruby07

  18 June 2009

  Ruby07 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Couldn't get Herring so I used Mackerel, the mackerel turning out very well. I put slightly less that 1 tbls of Mustard in the dressing and I still felt it was overpowering. Served this with cous cous, I might try this again but possible with a Dijon Mustard.

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• edkin

  08 October 2010

  edkin commented on this recipe

  With several hundred thousands diabetics in the UK why is it that the BBC fails to produce recipes that do not require sugar in one form or another? As an oily fish herrings are highly recommended by medical dietitians for all people, and in particular for diabetics. However, apart from variations of rollmops there does not appear to be any recipe to prepare herrings withou sugar. Surely such recipes do exist, or is it simply that diabetics are marginalised by the BBC?

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• Miss Karolina

  05 March 2012

  Miss Karolina commented on this recipe

  Dear Edkin, just do not add honey into the dressing mixture and you will have a recipe without sugar fit for diabetics. It's logical. Recipes are only to give you some guidance. You do not have to follow them precisely and it does not mean you should not use this recipe just because some honey in a dressing. That would be sily. Just do not use honey. The fish will still grill nicely with or without it.

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• Kasia

  14 March 2012

  Kasia rated and commented on this recipe

  

  It's been a first time for me to try grilled herring and although the fish was just 'ok' or 'so-so', the dressing was just fantastic! Will definitely make it in the future and probably serve with other dishes :) No more herring for me ;P

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• E. Resmini

  12 February 2013

  E. Resmini rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Note 10 to the salsa. Basil, lemon, mustard and honey are great. The fish have much spines but soon you develop a technique to deal with it. The omega 3 in the fish do eat with no guilt. E. Resmini. Brazil.

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Ingredients

• 4 x 75g/3oz herring fillets or 4 x 225g/8oz herrings, gutted
• 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard
• large bunch basil , roughly torn
• 1 tsp clear honey
• 1 lemon , grated zest and juice

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Serves 4

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Prep 5 mins

Cook 6 - 8 mins

Ingredients

• 4 x 75g/3oz herring fillets or 4 x 225g/8oz herrings, gutted
• 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard
• large bunch basil , roughly torn
• 1 tsp clear honey
• 1 lemon , grated zest and juice

per serving

258 kcalories, protein 14g, carbohydrate 2g, fat 22 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 1g, sugar 1g, salt 0.54 g

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