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Herring in Oatmeal
Herring in Oatmeal is a traditional Scottish recipe for a classic dish of herring that are boned, coated in melted butter and covered in oatmeal before being pan-fried until cooked through and golden brown. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Scottish version of: Herring in Oatmeal.
prep time
20 minutes
cook time
15 minutes
Total Time:
35 minutes
Serves:
2
Rating: 
Tags : Scottish Recipes
This is a classic Scottish, Welsh and Cornish cookery (see the recipe for
Nefyn Herring and this Scottish version uses two staples of Scottish cookery, herring and oatmeal.
Ingredients:
2
herring per portion
flour for dusting
melted butter for coating
medium oatmeal to coat
butter for frying
salt and black pepper, to taste
Method:
Gut the fish then remove the heads and slit along the belly. Open the fish out, belly side down and bang on the back a few times with your hand or a rolling pin. Remove the backbone and as many of the pin bones as you can. Scrape away the scales then wash and pat dry before cutting the fish into fillets.
Dust the fish with the flour then dip in melted butter before sprinkling the oatmeal over the top and patting to firm down. Coat as much of the fish as possible then set aside.
Meanwhile melt the butter in a large pan and add the the herring, skin side up (this will help the fish hold together as it cooks) and cook on both sides until cooked though and the oatmeal is beginning to colour nicely (about 12 minutes).
