“Herring under a fur coat” is considered a classic of Russian cooking. This salad originated in the early 20th century and has since undergone slight changes. For more than a hundred years, this salad has become a regular guest on holiday tables. Most often “Herring under a fur coat” is prepared for New Year’s Eve. However, this salad looks good on other celebrations.
For a large amount of time, even “Herring under a fur coat” can bore both guests and family. Therefore, you should look for new ways to interpret the classic recipe.
One way to diversify the holiday menu was the salad “Herring under the snow”. It is prepared with almost the same composition as “Herring under a fur coat”. But has some differences. In this salad there are no beets.
Beets are replaced by melted cheese. He makes the dish more creamy and tender.
Let’s tell you how to cook “Herring under the snow
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Ingredients:
- potatoes – 3 pcs;
- herring fillet – 220 g;
- onion – 1 pc;
- boiled eggs – 3 pcs;
- pickled cucumbers – 3 pieces;
- processed cheese – 2 pcs;
- green onions – a bunch;
- salt – ½ tsp;
- sugar – 1 tsp;
- 9% vinegar – 3 tbsp;
- water – 150 ml.
Preparation of salad “Herring under snow”:
Cut a small diced onion, mix with salt, sugar and vinegar. Pour water over the onions, stir and marinate for 15-20 minutes. Chop
finely pickled cucumbers, chop green onions. Grate coarsely grated cooked potatoes, mix with salt, pepper and mayonnaise.
Put the potato layer, smear with a mesh of mayonnaise
.
On the potatoes put small pieces of herring
. Remove the liquid from the onion and put it on the layer of herring. Sprinkle the onion layer with green onions, smear with mayonnaise.
Grate eggs on a coarse grater and put them on the onion layer. Smear the egg layer with mayonnaise, put pickled cucumbers on it.
Cover the cucumber layer with mayonnaise
.
Rub melted cheese on the cucumber layer.
So you get a simple layered salad, which will replace the classic “Herring under a fur coat”. Salad is prepared from available products and does not require insistence.
