Herring Under a Fur Coat

⏳ Time

2 hours + 3 hours

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

The iconic Soviet salad 'Herring Under a Fur Coat,' whose recipe slightly varies based on the preferences and views of the cook, but whose essence remains unchanged – a strong union of sweet beets and salted fish. The rest is optional. Some add more onions, while others consider it a crime to prepare the salad with apple – in this recipe, it is included and works wonderfully, providing freshness and slightly mellowing the bold flavor of the herring.

Ingredients

Herring - 1 piece
Potato - 10 oz
Carrot - 10 oz
Beetroot - 20 oz
Chicken Egg - 6 pieces
Spanish onions - 5 oz
Apple - 5 oz
Mayonnaise - 10 oz
Salt - to taste

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Prepare all the ingredients.

Step 2

Wrap the potatoes, beets, and carrots in foil.

Step 3

Arrange the vegetables on a baking sheet and place them in an oven preheated to 390°F. Roast until tender: the potatoes and carrots will take about 40 minutes, while the beets will need an hour.

Step 4

Place the eggs in boiling water and cook them for 11 minutes. Then, cool them down.

Step 5

Peel the eggs and grate them using a coarse grater.

Step 6

Peel the potatoes and carrots, then dice them into small cubes. Clean the fish, fillet it, and cut the herring fillets into the same small cubes.

Step 7

Chop the onions and apples a bit smaller.

Step 8

Grate the beetroot using a coarse grater.

Step 9

Layer the salad on a serving plate, spreading mayonnaise between each layer. Here is the recommended order of ingredients: potatoes, herring, onions, apples, eggs, carrots, beets.