Grilled herrings with mustard & basil dressing

The last time I made this recipe was 2013. This time I used sardine fillets. Now sardines have a very strong flavour so the sauce went very well. I'm always careful with the honey and add it gradually until I have it right for me. Always delicious. The downside was that the kitchen 'stank' of those sardines for hours.

Great Recipe. Easy to make and what was probably my cook of the year!!! Internet 1 Komal 0

Lovely, simple way to eat herrings without sousing them. Didn't have fresh basil to hand otherwise it might have been a 5 star occasion but the dressing was delicious despite that!

Pleasant surprise. Fishmonger gave us herring instead of sardines. Herring flesh holds together better but can be metallic in taste. This is a subtle flavour that blends in well. No garlic either for those who have family who do not like the bulb.

Well I finally got the herring. I fried it instead of grilling,and it and the dressing were absolutely delicious. Certainly a must. I have five other herrings in the deep freeze. I bought up whilst I could get them.

I adore herring, but cannot get it very often. It is very hard to get recipes for this fish. After a lot of effort I did find a cooking site that has MANY recipes - most of them Scandinavian, but very interesting.I suppose it would not be correct to give you the site here. Anyway, this one sounds interesting and I will try it soon.

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.

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

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.

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?