Pickled Smelt
Ingredients
Instructions
- Clean and cut smelt into bite-size pieces.
- Mix 4 cups water and pickling salt for brine.
- Put smelt into brine using plastic, glass, pottery or stainless steel container.
- Let stand 48 hours. Rinse well with cold water; drain.
- Cover smelt with vinegar and let stand 24 hours in a covered container.
- Stir once or twice. Mix together 2 cups white vinegar, sugar and spices together in large saucepan.
- Bring to a full rolling boil over medium heat. Remove from heat and cool.
- Drain vinegar from smelt.
- Put fish into clean pint jars.
- Include at least 1/2 sliced onion and lemon slices in each jar.
- Pour cooled brine over smelt.
- Fill jar within 1/2-inch of top.
- Seal and refrigerate.
- Sample after 2 weeks.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
263
kcal
13% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).