Herring Salad

By Robert Farrar Capon

Total Time
10 minutes
Rating
4(6)
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Ingredients

  • 6 or 8herring fillets pickled in dill sauce, diced
  • ¼cup vinegar
  • ½teaspoon white pepper
  • 1 to 2tablespoons sugar
  • 1cup cooked beef, veal, lamb or pork, diced
  • 1cup cooked beets, diced
  • 1cup cooked potatoes, diced
  • 2sweet gherkins, diced
  • 2peeled, cored apples, diced
  • 1cup unsweetened, lightly salted whipped cream or 1 cup mayonnaise delicately colored with beet juice
  • 2 or 3hard-cooked eggs, sliced
  • 6or more cherry tomatoes, halved
  • Parsley for garnish
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Nutritional analysis per serving (12 servings)

253 calories; 12 grams fat; 3 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 5 grams monounsaturated fat; 3 grams polyunsaturated fat; 11 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams dietary fiber; 7 grams sugars; 24 grams protein; 298 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Mix first nine ingredients thoroughly, pack into 6-cup fishshaped mold (or other suitable mold) that has been rinsed with cold water and refrigerate.

  2. Step 2

    Unmold salad onto platter, cover completely with whipped cream or mayonnaise and decorate with sliced eggs, tomatoes and parsley.

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Candace Page

This recipe is okay, but i prefer the Finnish version (see Beatrice Ojakangas's The Finnish Cookbook), which I make with herring in cream sauce, dill pickles and cooked carrots. This is a midwinter "salad" (traditional in Finland on Christmas Eve) and there would NEVER be cherry tomatoes in it. Americans read the list of ingredients -- herring, pickles, beets, whipped cream -- and walk right on by. But I've never served to to anyone (including picky teenagers) who didn't come to love it.

Jean

I used 1-1/2 t. sugar, omitted cooked meat, used homemade mayo and regular pickles. It was very good. Agree with other commentator that tomatoes seem incongruous but didn't seem to detract from the taste.

Candace Page

This recipe is okay, but i prefer the Finnish version (see Beatrice Ojakangas's The Finnish Cookbook), which I make with herring in cream sauce, dill pickles and cooked carrots. This is a midwinter "salad" (traditional in Finland on Christmas Eve) and there would NEVER be cherry tomatoes in it. Americans read the list of ingredients -- herring, pickles, beets, whipped cream -- and walk right on by. But I've never served to to anyone (including picky teenagers) who didn't come to love it.

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