Salads

Herring Salad – Grandmother`s Style

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 15 mins
Total Time 3 hrs 15 mins
Course Salad
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 6)

Ingredients

  • 300 g fish, (bismarck herrin)
  • 100 g beetroot
  • 1 onion (s)
  • 1 apple
  • 1 tablespoon capers
  • 2 egg (s)
  • 3 pickled cucumber (s)
  • 2 tablespoon mayonnaise
  • 4 tablespoon juice, (beetroot juice)
  • 1 tablespoon vinegar, (white wine vinegar)
  • pepper
  • salt
  • Bread (s) (wholemeal, baguette, toast or bread rolls)
Herring Salad – Grandmother`s Style
Herring Salad – Grandmother`s Style

Instructions

  1. Hard boil the eggs and let them cool.
  2. Wash the Bismarck herrings, pat dry and dice them into small cubes.
  3. Cut the onion into cubes and mix with the herrings.
  4. Dice the beetroot and mix with the herrings
  5. Peel, core and dice the tart apple and mix with the herrings. Finely chop the capers and mix in. Finely chop the eggs and mix in.
  6. Also cut the pickles into fine cubes and fold them into the salad.
  7. Mix together mayonnaise, beetroot juice and white wine vinegar and season with salt and pepper. Mix the sauce well with the herring salad and let it steep in the refrigerator for at least two to three hours.
  8. Serve with bread.
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

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