Christmas Time Herring Salad
From midgelet 16 years ago
- - to make
- Serves 4
European and Nordic roots,this version should be made the day before to help marry the flavors, leaving you free to spend the evening with family and friends . Feel free to experiment and adjust flavors to your liking
Ingredients
- 12 ounce jar herring, in wine sauce shopping list
- 1 medium bermuda onion, thinly sliced shopping list
- 1 large Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, and chopped shopping list
- 1 medium dill pickle, chopped shopping list
- 1 cup sour cream shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar shopping list
- 1/8 cup distilled white or wine vinegar shopping list
- GARNISH: dill fronds, as desired, or chopped and sprinkled atop the salad shopping list
How to make it
- Prep does not include overnight chilling
- Remove herring pieces from the jar and drain the sauce, but reserve it for later.
- The skin or membrane is edible but some people remove it for a "cleaner" looking salad.
- Chop the herring and put it into a medium size bowl.
- Combine with the sliced onion, chopped apple and pickle then mix in the sour cream, sugar and vinegar so that the herring is well cover.
- Cover the bowl tightly and refrigerated at least 24 hours for the best combination of taste.
- To serve, line a decorative bowl with leaves of washed and dried Romaine lettuce and place a mound of the salad in the center.
- Garnish, as desired, with dill fronds.
- Add a platter of pumpernickel or rye bread cut into small pieces.
- To serve as a course for a small group, place some arugula on each salad plate, place a scoop on top, and serve with the bread.
- Recipe easily doubles
People Who Like This Dish 3
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The Rating
Reviewed by 3 people-
I actually love herring in wine sauce, and this recipe is making my mouth water! thanks for posting this!
juels
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I am not a herring lover but I like your post/description!
herby
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No herring need apply for me; however, my hubby was married to a Dane for 25 years and loves it. Perhaps I'll surprise him with this one day soon, midge. Thanks and you got my hubby's five!
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