Herring Forshmak in New Year's Decoration

by Editorial Staff

Choosing dishes for the New Year 2021? What a table for the New Year without a herring!

Summary

Cook Time	30 mins
Total Time	30 mins
Course	Appetizer
Servings (Default: 12)

Ingredients

Herring (fillet) – 500 g
Onions – 1 pc.
Apples – 1-2 pcs.
Wheat loaf (without rind) – 100 g
Butter (cold) – 100 g
Ground black pepper – 0.5-1 teaspoon
Vinegar (9% or other, optional) – to taste

Herring Forshmak in New Year’s Decoration

How to make herring forshmak

Instructions

Peel the herring from the skin, cut off the head and tail, separate the ridge. Choose all the bones carefully. Cut the fillet into slices.
Wash the apples. Cut into 4 pieces, peel and seed.
Peel the onion, wash, cut into 4 parts.
Cut the crust off a slice of the loaf. Soak the loaf in boiled water, squeeze.
Pass the herring fillet, apples, loaf, onion and butter through a meat grinder.
Add ground pepper and vinegar to the resulting mass.
Mix everything well. Herring forshmak is ready.
Cut herringbone triangles from white bread.
Spread butter on the bread and mincemeat on top. Garnish sandwiches with herring forshmak as desired, such as pomegranate seeds and herbs.
Bon Appetit!

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