Herring Under a Fur Coat
Cooking time: 1 h
Recipe yield: 6 servings
Herring Under a Fur Coat Recipe
Herring under a fur coat salad is one of the salads that many cook for the New Year holidays, and not only for the holidays. The recipe for herring with fur coat does not require much effort to cook this dish; the recipe includes very simple and affordable ingredients - salted herring, chicken eggs, beets, potatoes and onions, and the herring with fur coat is seasoned with mayonnaise. The recipe for herring under a fur coat goes back to the recipes of Jewish cuisine, but this salad was most widespread in countries that were once part of the Soviet Union. The country is long gone, but the recipe for herring under a fur coat continues to be one of the popular dishes for the New Year and other holidays, along with such a dish as Olivier salad. In different countries and regions, the recipe for herring under a fur coat is slightly different, but in general remains approximately the same. The main ingredients of herring under a fur coat are salted herring, boiled beets, potatoes and chicken eggs; other ingredients may vary from recipe to recipe. The order of the layers that make up this salad also changes - in the classic recipe, the herring is placed first, and covered with layers of other ingredients; in other recipes for herring under a fur coat, the first layer may be potatoes or onions. From personal experience, we can say that the most delicious herring under a fur coat is the one that first comes with potatoes, then the herring, and then the other salad ingredients, in this case the salad turns out to be more complete in taste. You can prepare this salad on a platter or in a springform; if you use the springform, you can then remove it, and all the layers of this wonderful salad will be visible.
Herring Under a Fur Coat Recipe Ingredients
Herring Under a Fur Coat Cooking Recipe
To cook herring under a fur coat according to the classic recipe, you must first boil potatoes, carrots and beets in their skins, as well as chicken eggs, and at this time work on the other salad ingredients. Hard boil the eggs, and boil the vegetables until tender.
First you need to process the herring by separating the fillet from it and removing all the bones from it. Then cut the herring fillet into small pieces and place in a mold or on a dish in an even layer.
Peel the boiled potatoes, grate them on a coarse grater and place them in an even layer on top of the herring. Add some salt to the potatoes and spread a little mayonnaise evenly on them.
Peel the onion, finely chop and place on top of the previous layers of salad.
Peel the carrots, grate them on a coarse grater and place on top of the onion layer. Spread a layer of carrots on top with mayonnaise.
Also peel the beets, grate them on a coarse grater and place them on top of the carrots. Also cover the beet layer with mayonnaise.
Grate hard-boiled chicken eggs, as well as the rest of the herring ingredients under a fur coat, on a coarse grater or chop with a fork. You can grind the whites and yolks separately and get not one, but two top layers of salad.
Place crushed eggs on top of the beetroot layer and brush it with mayonnaise. If the egg whites and yolks are separated, the whites are placed in the first layer, and the mashed yolks are sprinkled on top, already on top of the last layer of mayonnaise.
Cooked herring under a fur coat must be placed in the refrigerator for at least one day - during this time the salad will be well soaked, infused and acquire that unforgettable taste that will make you want to cook herring under a fur coat again and again.
