Matjes herring with apple cream sauce
Tender matjes fillets in cream with apple, onion and gherkin — with fried or jacket potatoes.
- Time
- 25 min
- Effort:
- easy
- Origin
- Northern Germany
- Season
- summer
- fish
- classic
- quick
- light
Ingredients for 4 portions
8matjes herring fillets
2apples
2onions · red
3gherkins
250 gsour cream
150 gnatural yoghurt
½ bunchdill
1lemons
1 kgpotatoes
1 tspsugar
to tastepepper
The ingredients land on the shopping list as soon as the dish is in the week.
Possible allergens
Derived from the ingredients as they are typically composed.
- Fish
- Milk (incl. lactose)
- Mustard
Please check allergens and intolerances yourself — on the packaging, at the bakery, at the butcher's. Recipes change, and a list like this cannot take responsibility for that.
Nutrition per portion
Estimates computed from the ingredient list — with 4 portions per recipe.
| Energy | 665 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 32.8 g |
| Fat | 28.4 g |
| Carbohydrates | 62.9 g |
| of which sugar | 19.5 g |
| Fibre | 6.2 g |
| Salt | 14.2 g |
Not counted because listed without a quantity: pepper.
Computed with raw ingredients as bought. Cooking losses, peel, trimmings and what stays on the plate are not accounted for. Own dishes and ingredients “to taste” have no values.
Source: Max Rubner-Institut (2025), Bundeslebensmittelschlüssel (BLS) version 4.0, CC BY 4.0. The mapping of ingredients to BLS foods and the piece weights are the operator's own.
Estimates, not lab values — not a basis for medically prescribed meal plans.
Method
- 1
Boil the potatoes in their skins.
- 2
Dice the apple and gherkins, slice the onions into fine rings.
- 3
Stir the sour cream, yoghurt, lemon juice, sugar, pepper and chopped dill together, fold in the apple, gherkin and onion.
- 4
Cut the matjes into bite-sized pieces, lay in the sauce, leave for at least 30 minutes.