Fish

Herring

£10.00

Cut to order at the Barnes counter.

Preparation:

Headed Fillet

Variant

How would you like it prepared? (optional)

Pickup available at From The Sea, Barnes

Usually ready in 2 hours

Herring

Headed

From The Sea, Barnes

Pickup available, Usually ready in 2 hours

18 Barnes High Street
London SW13 9LW
United Kingdom

Cut to order, filleting free

Next-day delivery, order by 1pm

Collect in Barnes, about two hours

Herring is a small oily fish with soft, rich flesh and a full flavour close to sardine and mackerel. The oil keeps it moist under a grill and carries the omega 3, and the fine bones soften noticeably when the fish is soused in vinegar.

At the Barnes counter we sell it headed and gutted for the grill or filleted by hand, which deals with most of the fine bones for you.

Grill or barbecue it for two to three minutes a side until the skin blisters, coat fillets in oatmeal and fry them in the Scottish way or souse them in vinegar with onion and bay. Sharp accompaniments cut the oil: mustard, beetroot and pickled cucumber.

Origin, cooking and recipe

Origin and species

Herring is a small oily fish with soft, rich flesh and a full flavour close to sardine and mackerel. The oil keeps it moist under a grill and carries the omega 3.

How to cook it

Grill or barbecue it for two to three minutes a side until the skin blisters, coat fillets in oatmeal and fry them in the Scottish way or souse them in vinegar with onion and bay, which softens the fine bones. Sharp accompaniments cut the oil: mustard, beetroot and pickled cucumber.

Recipe

The Journal guide to grilling fish covers small oily fish like herring.

Storage and preparation

Keep it wrapped on the coldest shelf of the fridge, usually the bottom shelf at the back, and use it within one to two days. It freezes well for two to three months because of the oil, so wrap it tightly, freeze it as soon as you can and defrost in the fridge overnight.

Cut to order

Tell us how you want it in the order notes. Filleting, pin-boning and skinning are free, by hand at the counter. If you ask for a fish to be trimmed, headed or skinned, the finished weight comes down accordingly.

Delivery and collection

Order by 1pm for next-day delivery across London and the UK. Same-day collection in Barnes, usually about two hours.

Our promise

If it is not right, we make it right. Tell us and we will sort it. Local customers can bring it back to the counter and we will replace it.

Herring

£10.00

Order by 1pm

Next-day delivery across London and the UK. Free over £60.

Collect in Barnes

Same-day collection from the counter, ready in about two hours.

Cut to order

Cut to order at the counter. Filleting, pin-boning and skinning are free.

Food Hygiene Rating

Rated 5 out of 5 by the local authority.