Herring salad may be available this year the star of your holiday table. Slightly salty herring combined with the sweetness of beetroot is something that absolutely everyone will enjoy. When my mother-in-law puts a plate of it on the table, before she even knows it, she has to add another portion. Get to know the recipe and try this unique composition of flavors, which is hard to resist.
Herring salad it is rather well known to everyone, but as it turns out, in various versions. Each region of Poland has a different recipe, proportions and ingredients. It’s worth trying this year version that is famous in eastern Poland. My mother-in-law serves it on the Christmas table every year, because its taste and appearance perfectly match this atmosphere.
In addition to herring and beetroot, the salad also includes potatoes and an egg. These ingredients create a harmonious whole that is perfectly balanced in terms of taste and structure. It tastes great the day it is prepared, but the real finesse is the next daywhen the flavors have time to “melt together” in the fridge.
It is not difficult to prepare, especially since it can be prepared “on occasion”. Just cook some more potatoes for the vegetable salad and beets for the beetroot and horseradish. Plus herrings, a few extras and delicious salad for the holidays is ready.
However, the basis are herrings, which must be prepared in advance. If you decide to use herrings in oil or matias herrings, you don’t have to do anything else with them. Otherwise in the water. Milk or buttermilk will also work well for this, thanks to which they will become soft and delicate in taste. For this to be effective, you need to change the water every hour or two.
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Having properly prepared herrings and cooked vegetables, Preparing herring salad for the holidays is not complicated. It is best to make it the day before to create a real feast of flavors from this mixture of ingredients. Prepare it according to the proportions they take into account ingredients such as:
- 4 herring fillets
- 2 beets
- 2 potatoes
- 2 carrots
- 3 hard-boiled
- 2 pickled cucumbers
- Onion
- Mayonnaise
- Salt and pepper
Preparation method:
Cut the soaked herring into cubes. In the meantime, hard-boil the eggs. Chop the pickled cucumbers into small cubes. Peel the onion and cut into small pieces. Boiled vegetables, i.e. potatoes, carrots and beets with eggs grate on a large-hole grater. Cut and grate each ingredient separately so that they do not mix, so it will be possible Arranging them as in a gyros salad.
Place the herrings at the bottom of the bowl and spread thinly with mayonnaise. Next, add a layer of onions, beets, potatoes, carrots, egg whites and yolks, separating them each time with a thin layer of mayonnaise. However, if you don’t have time to layer, you can toss the salad right away. Put it in the fridge for a few hours to let the flavors mingle.
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