Herring Salad
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Ingredients
- 1/2 kg potatoes
- 1 apple
- 1/2 onion
- 4-5 pickled herring fillets
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup normal cream
- 6-7 medium sized gherkins (German, Polish or Russian variety)
- olive oil
- 1/2 lemon
- parsley
- salt and pepper
This recipe is part of German and Danish cuisine. The ingredients can vary, often it is made with beetroot and without potatoes.
- boil the potatoes
- peel them and leave to cool
- cut the herring fillets into 2 cm strips
- chop up the gherkins and the onion finely
- peel the apple and cut it into 2 cm cubes
- cut the potatoes into cubes
- put everything into a bowl
- add the juice of half a lemon and the sour and normal cream
- season with very little salt as the herrings a pretty salty already and pepper to taste
- add some fresh parsley and move everything carefully
- serve with fresh bread
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oooo i would totally make this into a sandwich! nice recipe!