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# Broodje Haring met Augurk
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/broodje-haring-met-augurk/
- Published: 2026-05-17T15:16:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-26T10:57:28.000Z
- Description: Herring with pickle sandwich.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: Netherlands, Split Roll Sandwiches, Broodje Haring & Vis, #auto-imported

**🇳🇱 Netherlands** · Family: [Broodje Haring & Vis](https://onesandwich.com/tag/broodje-vis/) · Bread: broodje · Proteins: herring

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Ingredients

broodje · herring · pickle (cucumber) · onion

The *Broodje Haring met Augurk* is the herring roll built specifically around the pickle: raw cured *haring* in a soft roll, dressed with *augurk*, the small sweet-sour Dutch gherkin. It is the version for eaters who want acid against the fish rather than the bite of raw onion. The angle is that the *augurk* is not a garnish here, it is the chosen counterweight, and the whole sandwich is tuned to how its sour-sweet edge meets the oily cure of the herring.

The build keeps the fish in front and lets the pickle do the contrast work. A soft white roll, yielding rather than crusty, so it cradles the tender fillet instead of fighting it. The *haring* goes in along the length, whole or in two filleted halves, glossy and full. Then the *augurk*, sliced into rounds or thin lengths and laid across the fish so its acidity lands in most bites rather than pooling at one end. Good execution is a fillet that is clean, fatty, and mildly salted, with pickle that is crisp and brightly sour, cut thin enough to fold into the bite instead of sitting as a separate slab. The pickle should lift the richness, not bury it. Sloppy execution is a soft soggy gherkin with no snap, pickle so sparse the fish eats flat and oily, or so much of it that the sandwich tastes mainly of vinegar with the herring lost behind it. Because the pickle is the only foil here, getting its quantity and crunch right is most of the job.

Variation runs through the pickle and the cut. A sweeter Dutch *zoetzure augurk* tilts it toward candy-sour against the fish, while a sharper sour gherkin keeps it bracing; thin coins distribute differently than long strips. Some eaters add a little raw onion as well, which moves it toward the onion-dressed version that deserves its own article rather than being crowded in here, and the plain undressed herring roll is its own thing again. The roll itself stays soft and quiet throughout. Judged on its own terms, the *Broodje Haring met Augurk* succeeds when the *haring* is good and the *augurk* is crisp, sour, and measured so it cuts the cure cleanly without taking the sandwich over.

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## More from this family

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- [Bagel met Zalm](https://onesandwich.com/bagel-met-zalm/)
- [Broodje Bakkeljauw](https://onesandwich.com/broodje-bakkeljauw/)
- [Broodje Garnalen](https://onesandwich.com/broodje-garnalen/)
- [Broodje Gebakken Vis](https://onesandwich.com/broodje-gebakken-vis/)
- [Broodje Gerookte Haring](https://onesandwich.com/broodje-gerookte-haring/)
- [Broodje Gerookte Zalm](https://onesandwich.com/broodje-gerookte-zalm/)
- [Broodje Haring met Uitjes](https://onesandwich.com/broodje-haring-met-uitjes/)
- [Broodje Haring](https://onesandwich.com/broodje-haring/)

[See all Broodje Haring & Vis sandwiches →](https://onesandwich.com/tag/broodje-vis/)