Make a delicious herring fillet forshmak. For this, in addition to herring, you will need an egg, onion, an apple and quite a bit of spice. Add the oil and a delicate, mouth-watering snack – a real herring forshmak – appears on your table.
Summary
| Cook Time | 25 mins |
| Total Time | 25 mins |
| Course | Appetizer |
Ingredients
Ingredients- Lightly salted herring fillet – 500 g
- Green apple – 100 g
- Onions – 70 g
- Chicken egg – 1 pc.
- White bread (optional) – 100 g
- Sugar – 1 teaspoon
- Vinegar 9% – 1 tbsp
- Ground black pepper – ½ teaspoon
- Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp
- Butter (softened) – 50 g
- Milk (optional) – for soaking herring and bread
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Pin Recipe Instructions
- Chop the herring fillet, previously deboned, very finely with a knife. If the herring is too salty, you can pre-soak it in milk for 1 hour.
You can also add 100 g of white bread soaked in milk to the forshmak. Before mixing bread with herring, squeeze it out. - Pour the chopped herring fillets into a separate container.
- Boil the egg in advance (8-10 minutes), cool and peel. Peel the green apple. Peel the onions.
Finely grate egg, apple and onion.
- Add vinegar, ground black pepper, sugar, vegetable oil, butter and mix well until smooth.
- Herring fillet forshmak is ready.
Enjoy your meal!
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