Cooking herring under a fur coat at home is a simple matter, but there are many solutions, additional ingredients, decorating secrets that allow you to add variety and give uniqueness to the unchanged classic recipe. But let's start with the basics...
Herring under a fur coat is a festive salad loved by many. Easy to prepare, laid out in layers. Salad is one of the main characters of the New Year's feast, along with Russian salad and mimosa with canned food. The main ingredients are vegetables, eggs, salted herring, onion and mayonnaise. As a rule, the salad is decorated with finely grated egg yolk and fresh herbs.
calories
The average calorie content of herring salad under a fur coat is 190-210 kilocalories per 100 grams. You can slightly reduce the nutritional value with the help of light mayonnaise or low-fat sour cream (up to 150-180 kilocalories per 100 grams).
Herring under a fur coat - a classic recipe
Affordable and uncomplicated classic recipe of boiled vegetables, onions, eggs and salted herring. As a cold sauce, dressing is used from equal parts of mayonnaise and sour cream.
Ingredients:
- Salted herring (seedless sirloin) - 250 g.
- Beets - 600 g.
- Potato - 250 g.
- Carrots - 200 g.
- Onion - 1 medium sized head.
- Chicken egg - 3 pieces.
- Mayonnaise - 5 large spoons.
- Sour cream - 5 tablespoons.
ON A NOTE! Grate the yolk of one egg separately. We will make a beautiful decoration out of it.
Cooking:
- Boil vegetables in a large pot. Beetroot takes the longest to cook - 1.5-2 hours. Boil eggs in a small bowl. Cook hard-boiled, 8-9 minutes after boiling water.
- I try to cool boiled foods faster. To do this, pour cold water from the tap. I let it cool down for a few minutes.
- While the ingredients are cooling, I peel the onion from the husk and peel. I cut it fine. I transfer it to a separate bowl.
- Salted herring fillet, pitted, cut into small cubes. I put it aside.
- I use a vegetable grinder to grind the rest of the ingredients. I distribute them on different plates.
- I take a beautiful and flat salad bowl. I start assembling. Here is the correct sequence of layers in order. The first is from a piece of grated potato. Next, I carefully lay out the chopped fish, sprinkle with a beam.
- The sauce of sour cream and low-fat mayonnaise mixed in a separate plate is evenly applied over the onion in the form of a neat mesh.
- I spread the eggs chopped on a grater (except for 1 yolk), then carrots.
- Again I make a sour cream-mayonnaise mesh and add the remaining potatoes. After I shift the beets grated on a coarse grater. I carefully tamp along the edges, give a beautiful shape.
- Top with plenty of cold sauce. I wipe the edges with kitchen napkins to remove excess sour cream and mayonnaise and make homemade salad more elegant.
- From above I make a beautiful decoration from the remaining egg yolk and bunches of parsley.
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The original recipe for the New Year
The original recipe for herring under a fur coat with gelatin looks very elegant and unusual. The addition of gelatin transforms a classic dish into a birthday cake, securely holds the layers together, and helps maintain their original shape.
Ingredients:
- Herring fillet - 300 g.
- Potato - 3 tubers.
- Beets - 2 pieces.
- Egg - 1 piece.
- Shallot (Ashkelon onion) - 1 piece.
- Gelatin - 1 sachet.
- Water - 100 g.
- Mayonnaise - 200 g.
- Salt, ground black pepper - to taste.
Cooking:
- Boil vegetables and eggs until tender. I leave to cool in cold water.
- So that the onion does not taste bitter, finely chop. I lower for 30-50 seconds in hot water in a colander. I wash small pieces of onion in running cool water. Dry with regular paper towels.
- I cut the herring fillet into small pieces. I mix with onions.
- I take a clean pan, pour water, add gelatin. I leave it alone for 50-60 seconds, allowing it to swell. I turn on the stove, heat the liquid, stir until the gelatin is completely dissolved. I leave to cool. The resulting mass is mixed with mayonnaise. I fall asleep a little salt, black ground pepper.
- I rub each vegetable on a grater. To make it easier to flip the salad, I first cover the bottom of the plate with cling film. I lay out the ingredients of the herring under a fur coat in layers, adding a mixture of gelatin and mayonnaise, as in the Pomegranate Bracelet salad.
- “Collect” the salad in the following order (taking into account the subsequent turning over): potatoes, beets, fish and onions, carrots, potatoes again.
- I leave the egg to decorate the fur coat after hardening and turning over. If desired, top with a neat net of mayonnaise and fresh herbs for garnish.
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An unusual way of making a fur coat. The salad is not laid out in layers, but is served as an appetizer on the halves of boiled eggs. The recipe does not include carrots and potatoes.
Ingredients:
- Salted herring - 1 jar.
- Onion - 1 medium sized head.
- Beets - 2 things.
- Eggs - 6 pieces.
- Vinegar - for pickling onions.
- Mayonnaise - to taste.
Cooking:
- I boil beets and eggs until tender. I let it cool down.
- I'm cleaning an onion. I cut into small pieces. I spread it in a small bowl, pour vinegar, pour water. Set aside to marinate.
- Peel the boiled beetroot. I rub on a grater with a fine fraction. I put it in a salad. I shift the soaked onion, draining excess liquid if necessary.
- I clean my eggs. I separate the yolks from the whites. I rub the yolks on a grater and add to the mixture of beets and onions. Seasoned with low-fat mayonnaise. I mix thoroughly.
- I spread egg white blanks in the form of beautiful halves on a flat plate. I fill the eggs with stuffing. I put one piece of herring on top.
An incredibly simple and delicious appetizer is ready. Eat for health!
How to cook herring under a fur coat roll
The main feature of this recipe is a special serving. With the help of a sushi mat, we roll the dish into a beautiful roll.
Ingredients:
- Fatty herring lightly salted - 1 sirloin tenderloin.
- Beets - 2 pieces.
- Potato - 2 tubers.
- Carrots - 2 pieces.
- Egg - 3 pieces.
- Onion - half an onion (or 1 small).
- Mayonnaise - to taste.
- Fresh herbs - for decoration.
Cooking:
- In one pan I put carrots, potatoes and beets to boil, in the second - eggs (hard boiled). When all the components of the future salad are boiled, pour the vegetables and eggs with cold water.
- I start cleaning and gradually rubbing on a vegetable grater. I arrange vegetables and eggs on separate plates.
- Peel the onion, cut into small pieces.
- I take a sushi mat. At the bottom, I carefully spread the cling film. The first layer is made from grated beets. I give the base a beautiful rectangular shape.
- The next component of herring under a fur coat is grated potatoes.
- I generously coat with mayonnaise. I don’t make a mesh, but I apply it in an even layer and smear it with a spoon. I sprinkle onion on top.
- The next layer is from grated eggs (proteins along with yolks). I add mayonnaise again. Then comes the carrots.
- I cut the fillet part of salted herring into thin slices. I put it on one side so that the roll rolls up easier.
- With the help of a sushi mat and cling film, I proceed to wrapping. I do it carefully, without haste. I put the finished roll in the refrigerator for half an hour.
- Before serving the salad roll, I decorate with mayonnaise (mesh) and fresh herbs.
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Original herring in lavash
Ingredients:
- Armenian lavash - 1 piece.
- Potato - 3 tubers.
- Carrots - 2 root crops.
- Beets - 1 piece.
- Egg - 2 pieces.
- Salted herring fillet - 250 g.
- Beijing cabbage - 2 leaves.
- Mayonnaise - 150 g.
- Salt, black and red ground peppers - to taste.
Cooking:
ADVICE! So that the roll does not crumble and does not break, it is faster and easier to roll, take only fresh pita bread.
- To give the herring under a fur coat in pita bread a special taste, I bake carrots, beets and potatoes in the oven, pre-packed in food foil.
- I take the vegetables out of the oven. I leave to cool. I put hard boiled eggs. After boiling, I keep them in a saucepan for another 7-9 minutes.
- I clean, rub on a grater. I distribute them on separate plates. I grind the whole eggs on a grater, without separating the whites from the yolks.
- I take out a package with Armenian lavash. I spread 1 sheet on the kitchen board, folding it in half. I cut into 2 pieces.
- I cut the resulting halves in half again. I get 4 rectangular blanks. I put one strip on the table, I cover the others with a towel or cover with cling film so that they do not become weathered.
- I squeeze mayonnaise onto pita bread. Spread evenly with a tablespoon or silicone spatula. Using a vegetable grinder, I chop the carrots and add to the pita bread.
- I put in a new strip of fresh bread. I add cold sauce again. I spread grated potatoes over the surface. Salt and pepper as desired.
- I add some pita bread. I make a uniform mayonnaise layer. I spread the beets, grated on a vegetable grater.
- I repeat the procedure with pita bread and mayonnaise. The last layer is grated eggs and Chinese cabbage decoration.
- I roll the salad into a tight roll. I cover the top with cling film. To fix the workpiece, I tie knots along both edges. I put the fur coat in the form of a roll in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.
- I cut the herring fillet into oblong pieces. I decorate each roll with a piece of fish on top.
- I serve in portioned form, cut into neat rolls.
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The best herring under a fur coat with an apple
Ingredients:
- Herring - 1 piece.
- Beets - 1 piece.
- Potato - 5 medium-sized tubers.
- Carrots - 2 root crops.
- Apple - 1 fruit.
- Onion - 1 head.
- Mayonnaise - 200 g.
Cooking:
- I'm preparing vegetables. I put boiled potatoes, carrots, beets. The last component is cooked the longest.
- I wash the apple and onion under running water. I chop the onion, cut into small pieces. I peel the apple, cut it into small pieces. I mix the ingredients. I pour vinegar (optional) so that the apple becomes sour, and the onion does not taste bitter.
- I put the eggs to boil.
- I turn to the herring. I remove the bones, clean. I cut the fillet into neat cubes. I put it in a dish. On top there will be a layer of pickled onion along with an apple. Before laying out the ingredients, I drain the vinegar marinade.
- I make a uniform mayonnaise mesh.
- The next layers are from potatoes and carrots grated in a vegetable grater. Between them is mayonnaise.
- The last layer is grated beets. I generously coat with mayonnaise dressing.
- I put the herring under a fur coat in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours to soak. Then I bring it to the table.
Recipe "Lazy"
Ingredients:
- Salted herring (fillet, without bones and skin) - 2 things.
- Beets - 2 pieces of small sizes.
- Potatoes - 2 things.
- Carrots - 2 pieces.
- Onion - 1 head.
- Chicken egg - 4 pieces.
- Table vinegar (9%) - 2 large spoons.
- Mayonnaise with 67% fat, salt to taste.
Cooking:
- Cook vegetables in a large pot. I check readiness with a kitchen fork.
- For eggs, I use a smaller saucepan. I boil it hard-boiled, pre-salting and adding vinegar. At the end of cooking, I shift with a slotted spoon into a deep plate with cold water. I leave to cool.
- While the vegetables are cooking, I am cleaning the onions. I cut into small pieces. I transfer it to a plate.
- I wash the herring fillet (previously prepared) under running water and dry it with kitchen towels. I put it on a clean board, cut into medium-sized cubes. I shift to the onion, mix.
- I clean the ingredients. I rub on a grater of medium fraction. I spread it in a salad plate (not in layers). I season with mayonnaise, salt to taste. I mix until smooth.
A simple herring under a fur coat without a herring
An interesting recipe where cucumber is used instead of salted fish.
Ingredients:
- Potatoes - 3 things.
- Beets - 3 pieces of small size.
- Egg - 2 pieces.
- Carrots - 4 things.
- Pickled cucumbers - 4 pieces.
- Salad mayonnaise - to taste.
- Fresh herbs (parsley) - for decoration.
Cooking:
- Boil vegetables, cool, peel. I grind on a grater with a large fraction. I distribute on plates.
- I'm making a salad. I spread the potatoes first, using as a base. I add mayonnaise. Distribute evenly. Next come pickled cucumbers, cut into small pieces.
- Next I spread carrots, eggs. The top layer is made from beets. Do not forget to add mayonnaise between the chopped ingredients.
- In the upper part I make a beautiful decoration from parsley sprigs.
Herring under a fur coat is the same interesting and traditional dish in Russia as Olivier salad. These dishes are prepared in each family from the same ingredients, but they all taste different. This is understandable because everyone has their own tricks in preparing these dishes.
What should be proper herring under a fur coat? Most likely you will not find people who will have an unambiguous opinion on this issue.
Therefore, my advice: try different options and you will definitely find the recipe for this delicious salad, about which you will begin to say that this is how the right herring is cooked under a fur coat.
Well, in the meantime, I share my recipe for an adored salad.
My signature recipe for herring under a fur coat.
Ingredients: herring - 2 pcs., potatoes - 5 pcs. medium size, eggs - 4 pcs., beets - 2 pcs. medium size, onion - 1 head, mayonnaise.
- Boil eggs and vegetables. This can be done even the day before you plan to make the salad.
- The most difficult thing in preparing this dish is to clean the herring. But if you know how to do it right, then 5 minutes is enough for you to get a clean fillet.
If for some reason you absolutely do not want to mess with fish, then you can use preserves. We cut herring fillets or preserves into small cubes, although preserves can not be cut, if you are completely lazy.
- Remove the salad for several hours in the refrigerator, and ideally it is better to let it stand for 12 hours. Then you will definitely get the right herring under a fur coat.
P.S. And for those who, like me, love this salad very much, I have a small gift - holiday decoration options. By the way, friends, soon the New Year! So when compiling the menu, do not forget about the herring under a fur coat!
Remember the moment in the film “Office Romance”, where the heroine Nemolyaeva says: “I make this salad better than your wife. Should I add a grated apple there? So, housewives cook herring under a fur coat in different ways. You can argue endlessly which version of herring under a fur coat is a classic recipe. The layers in each will be different and they will alternate in different ways. Do you all know why? There is one story behind the creation of this salad. He did not come to us from some exquisite old cuisine, like the same Olivier. Allegedly, herring under a fur coat is an invention of a working canteen during the 1917 revolution. Then it was recommended to put the most accessible and simple products in the salad in order to feed the proletariat. I don’t know how true this story is, doubts about the same mayonnaise take me ... Wikipedia, after all, refers to European cuisine, in particular, to Scandinavian, German and English, where back in the 19th century there was a herring salad, layers, which consisted of foods such as beets, potatoes, pickled vegetables and eggs. Thus, is there a classic recipe for herring under a fur coat and what are the layers in it?
Today I will show you the easiest recipe with the most common products and the minimum number of layers. It can be taken as a basis, and then we will think about how else we can diversify the salad, how it can be served on weekdays and holidays.
Ingredients:
- herring - 1 pc;
- onion - 1 pc;
- carrots - 1 pc;
- potatoes - 1 pc;
- beets - 1 pc;
- mayonnaise.
Food preparation
- We start with vegetables. Carrots, potatoes and beets should be boiled "in uniform" until tender and cool. You can cook in one pan, potatoes and carrots will cook faster, beets will take longer to cook. To speed up the process of cooking it, when it is almost ready, you can turn it off, drain the hot water and fill it with cold water.
- The main ingredient of the salad is herring. In stores, the most common is the Pacific, Atlantic and Olyutorskaya. Olyutorskaya is considered the most delicious. Now you can buy herring already cut, in oil, in jars and, of course, whole, not gutted. Which one to give preference - you choose. I usually take a whole fish, it’s more calm for me, it’s not difficult to butcher it, but then I see it in its entirety.
- Cut off the head under the fins.
- We rip open the abdomen towards the tail.
- Inside may be caviar or milk.
- We take them out and all the insides, a black film will be visible under them. It must be carefully cleaned, because it will be bitter.
- We cut off all the fins: on the abdomen and on the back.
- We make a shallow incision along the ridge.
- We take off the skin. To do this, we cut it at the tail and carefully, so as not to tear it, pull it up and towards the head.
- This is what the herring looks like now.
- We move the halves apart with our hands along the previously made incision, the spine will remain on one of the halves.
- We listen to it and clean the herring fillet from the bones remaining in it. It is more convenient to do this with tweezers.
- Cut the herring into small pieces.
- We clean the cooled vegetables from the skin.
- Remove the husk from the onion, wash it and cut into small cubes.
In what order do the layers go in a herring under a fur coat
So, the basic, classic version of a herring under a fur coat is ready for us. Let's repeat the layers: 1) herring; 2) onion + mayonnaise; 3) carrots + mayonnaise; 4) potatoes + mayonnaise; 5) beets + mayonnaise.
Salad must be made in advance, a few hours before the feast, as it needs to be soaked. Keep it in the fridge, of course. So that it does not wind up and does not dry out on top, the dishes with salad must be covered with either a lid or foil.
Herring is stored under a fur coat, like all mayonnaise salads, for a short time, no more than 2 days. Moreover, for storage, it is better to transfer the leftover salad to a plastic container with a tight-fitting lid so that the salad itself does not nourish other odors and so that other products in the refrigerator do not smell of it either.
In the photo above you see a portioned serving of herring under a fur coat. Let's look at other equally interesting options for preparing and serving this salad.
Lazy herring under a fur coat
Lazy or fast. This is when there is no time to lay all the layers of herring under a fur coat in a certain order, there is no time to wait until they are soaked. We rub all the vegetables on a medium or coarse grater, chop the onion finely, mix, add a little salt, season with mayonnaise.
We put the resulting mass on small slices of black or whole grain bread.
Cut the herring into large pieces and spread on top of the vegetables.
You can decorate such sandwiches with onion rings, sprigs of greens or a couple of avocado slices. Try it and you will like it! Tropical avocado goes well with Russian salad.
Herring under a fur coat for two
Let's say you have dinner for two. Would you say it's unromantic to serve a herring under a fur coat? And here it is not. Look at this photo, doesn't she look exquisite?
To cook it on a large dish, lay out all the layers of herring under a fur coat in the form of two bars parallel to each other, excluding the herring.
And instead of placing it inside the salad, put it on top, in thin ribbons.
You can decorate the salad with a mixture of caviar mixed with mayonnaise and watercress.
Herring under a fur coat roll
This option can no longer be called lazy, because for its preparation all the ingredients will have to be not only laid out in layers, but also rolled up. Although this is not a classic version of the Russian salad, it looks very beautiful and will decorate any holiday table.
For the roll, spread on a flat dish, on which we will serve, cling film. Layers of herring will be laid exactly the opposite: first beets, then potatoes, carrots, onions and herring. Don't forget to grease with mayonnaise!
Carefully lift the edges of the film along the long sides and connect them at the top. Our products form something like a log. We connect the seam at the top with our hands and smooth it. We do not remove the film yet and put it in the refrigerator for several hours.
Before serving, take out, unfold the film, carefully pull it out from under the roll. Cut into portions.
Garnish with an apple, chives (or green onions) and pomegranate seeds.
What other layers can be done in a herring under a fur coat
In addition to the main ones that I wrote about above, they often add to the salad:
- eggs;
- apples;
- garlic;
- pickles;
- avocado.
Instead of the herring itself, you can use salted salmon, trout, pink salmon. Then it will, of course, not be a classic herring under a fur coat, but some other salad similar to it, since all other layers will be the same.
Get ready! Experiment! Enjoy your meal!
Without this salad it is difficult to imagine at least one holiday. He is loved by both adults and children. Herring under a fur coat is almost universal. She is enthusiastically perceived both at a holiday and as an ordinary snack.
There are many interesting recipes. With the addition of special ingredients, you can change the usual dish almost beyond recognition. And what dish, in the end, to give preference to, should be decided after sampling.
How to clean and cut a herring
You need to know in advance about the correct choice of the main ingredient and the method of its preparation. It is important to cut the herring correctly. And for this it is worth knowing some of the nuances.
Ingredients:
- Herring.
Cooking process:
1. First of all, it is necessary to properly prepare the cutting surface. Ideally, it should be a board wrapped several times with cling film. After finishing the cutting, the film should simply be thrown away in order to avoid unnecessary odors.
Before cutting the carcass, it is advisable to rinse and dry well. Put the herring with the belly towards you. Cut off the head. From the place where the head was, carefully cut the abdomen to the very tail. Remove all innards. If necessary, separate milk or caviar.
2. Using a paper towel, wipe the inside and outside of the fish well. Do not rinse, as excess moisture spoils the taste of the fish. Completely remove the black film that protects the meat. Almost on the ridge itself is a vein. It must be carefully removed.
3. One of the tricks of simply separating the bones from the meat is pre-preparation. Wrap the herring with cling film and hit the table several times on both sides. Remove the film and cut out the fins.
4. Place the carcass on a cutting board with the skin on top. Press firmly over the ridge and draw along several times.
5. Pull out the spine and cut it off from the tail.
6. Gently feel the fish for the presence of large bones. If left: delete. Small bones are absolutely safe.
7. Turn the carcass up with the skin. Pry it up carefully. Holding with one hand, separate the fillet from it.
8. Literally five minutes and the fillet is ready for further cooking. And how it will be served depends on the chef.
By learning how to properly cut herring, you can cook any salad with a unique taste.
Herring under a fur coat: the most interesting recipes
Even those who have never cooked this salad should definitely do it. The classics are unchanged, but some changes, even classic recipes, must undergo.
The classic recipe for herring under a fur coat
Everyone knows and has tried it. It is an excellent snack, which is difficult to refuse and without which it is impossible to imagine any feast.
Ingredients:
- Herring fillet.
- Carrots karoteli - 2 pieces.
- Potato - 4 tubers.
- Onion - head.
- Beet medium.
- Egg.
- Mayonnaise.
The dish is designed for 4 persons.
Cooking process:
1. Rinse carrots and potatoes, put on fire, boil until fully cooked.
2. Boil beets separately.
3. Boil the egg with salt.
4. Separate the herring from the bones and skins. Cut into small pieces.
5. Peel the potato tubers and rub through a coarse grater.
6. Grate carrots.
7. With beets, we do the same procedure on a coarse grater.
8.Clean the bulb. Finely chop.
9. Pour boiling water over the onion. Let it brew for at least 10 minutes, until the bitterness and sharpness completely come out.
10. Put grated potatoes in a salad bowl, distribute, grease with sauce.
11. Lay out the herring. Brush with sauce.
12. Sprinkle onion on top.
13. Unfold the egg. Brush with sauce.
14. Put carrots on top and grease with mayonnaise.
15. Lay out the beets and grease with mayonnaise.
In order to feel the fullness of taste, the salad should be well infused for at least 4-6 hours. Wait, but this recipe is no less delicious, everyone will like it.
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Herring under a fur coat with apples
Just one product can radically change the taste characteristics of a dish. From the addition of apples, the dish will only benefit and receive a special touch of piquancy. When cooking, it is worth using sour varieties of apples.
Ingredients:
- Herring fillet.
- Medium beet.
- Potato - 3 tubers.
- Apples - 2 fruits.
- Carrots - 2 pieces.
- Bulb onions.
- Mayonnaise - packaging.
The dish is designed for 5 persons.
Cooking process:
1. Boil all vegetables well. Pour in ice water to better separate the peel and let cool.
2.Clean. Grind on a large grater.
3. Cut the fillet into small cubes. Divide into a salad bowl. Sprinkle with onion rings and spread with mayonnaise.
4. Alternately lay out layers: potatoes, carrots, apple, beets. Spread sauce between each layer.
Guests will be pleased with the new taste of a well-known dish.
Herring under a fur coat: roll
Original classic. That's the way to call it this way. Few people recognize a familiar dish in an exquisite roll. It is worth learning the basic secrets of cooking and proceeding to implement them. Although the main nuance lies in the way the ingredients are prepared: a fine grater. And then it's a matter of technique and imagination.
Ingredients:
- Herring fillet.
- Beets are one root crop.
- Potato - 4 tubers.
- Chicken egg - a couple of pieces.
- Bulb onions.
- Carrots are two root crops.
- Mayonnaise.
The dish is designed for 8 persons.
Cooking process:
1. Boil the root crops. Pour in ice water.
2.Clean. Grind using the smallest grater.
3. Remove excess juice from beets and carrots.
4. Finely chop the onion and mix with chopped herring.
5. Boil eggs and grind on a fine grater.
6. Roll out cling film. Lay the beets on top. Sprinkle with spices. It is good to take hands. Add sauce and distribute it.
7. Lay out layers in turn: carrots, potatoes, eggs, smearing them with mayonnaise.
8. Gently, in the middle, spread the herring mixture with onions. Form a roll and wrap in cling film. Put in the refrigerator overnight.
9.Remove the film. Cut into portions. Decorate with greens and chopped yolk.
Few people would guess that under all this masterpiece lies the most favorite dish.
original salad dressing
You won’t surprise anyone with a simple presentation. It is worth making a little imagination and an excellent original appearance of the salad is provided.
Rybka
Cut the boiled beets into half rings. Carrot cut into thin strips of various lengths. Make “flakes” out of beets, spreading them around the entire perimeter of the salad. Form the fins and mouth of the fish from carrots. Eyes should be made from eggs with the addition of olives.
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Cut 12 small circles from boiled beets. Spread around the outer circle. Write Latin numerals on them with mayonnaise. Arrows cut out the same way from beets. For the New Year, this decoration will be perfect.
herringbone
Cut out a stencil with any pattern from paper. In this case: Christmas trees. Place in the center. Sprinkle all kinds of greens around, and the main picture can be done using squirrels or yolks. You can combine everything if you wish.
sea fish
Boiled beets and carrots cut into half rings. Take onions and green onions. Alternating beets and carrots to make scales. Make eyes using onions and olives. And green onions are perfect for fins.
outrageous
Courage is always respected. In this case, you need the head and tail of the herring. Arrange them at the beginning and end of the salad and make a fish skeleton from mayonnaise.
Your favorite dish can be prepared not only tasty, but also beautiful. Herring under a fur coat is no exception. It remains only to choose the method of serving and proceed to the culinary masterpiece.
We tell you how to cook herring under a fur coat tasty and correct, but much faster than usual. You no longer have to wait 2-4 hours for the salad to infuse - this recipe will allow you to serve a juicy “fur coat” to the table in just 30-60 minutes, and if necessary, immediately after preparation.
- No, we do not offer radical recipe changes. The secret is only to mix the mayonnaise with each ingredient separately, and not at the time of laying the salad in layers, as we usually do. As a result, you will get the same classic herring under a fur coat, only faster.
We supplemented the step-by-step recipe for a “fur coat” with a selection of photo ideas for a beautiful salad serving.
How to cook herring under a fur coat - step by step
Ingredients (for 3-4 servings):
- Beets - 1 pc.;
- Potato - 1 pc. ( potatoes and beets should be taken in equal quantities);
- Carrot - 1 pc. ( small);
- Egg - 1-2 pcs. ( needed for decoration);
- mayonnaise - to taste about half a glass);
- Onion - 1/2 small onion about 50 g.);
- Herring - 1 pc. ( can be replaced with herring in oil 150-200 g.).
- Boil beets, carrots, potatoes and eggs until tender, then cool. It is best to do this in the evening. All vegetables must be cooked in their uniforms.
- Beets are cooked from 35 minutes to 2 hours, depending on the size of the tubers. How to determine that the beets are cooked? Poke it with a knife. If the blade easily passes through the peel, then it's time to get the vegetable. However, it is best not to boil beets for salad, but bake them in foil for 20-25 minutes at 190 degrees. So you can save time and avoid staining the pan.
- Hard boiled eggs are boiled for 10 minutes after boiling.
- Potatoes and carrots can be boiled in the same pan. Cooking time - 20 minutes after boiling.
- While the vegetables are cooking, cut the herring and then cut it into cubes. Pieces of herring should not be too small, otherwise the chopped fish will turn into mashed potatoes.
How to cut a herring for a salad? Here is one way:
- Cut off the head and pectoral fins;
- Cut the abdomen with a knife in the direction from head to tail;
- Also, remove the caviar and offal with a knife, scrape off the black film;
- Pull the skin off the fish with your fingers;
- Holding the fish with the plane towards you, divide it into two parts by pulling the tail in different directions;
- Pull out the spine and bones;
- Cut off the tails of the two halves of the fillet.
If you don’t feel like messing with cutting fish, then you can buy herring in oil. In this case, the fish pieces should be blotted with a paper towel to remove excess oil.
- Peel and cut the boiled and cooled carrots and potatoes into cubes, grate the beets on a coarse grater, and the egg on a fine grater. Put each vegetable in a separate bowl (this is important!).
- Chop the onion (rather finely) and mix it with the herring. The mixture can be a little peppery.
- Mix potatoes, carrots and beets with mayonnaise (to taste). We do not touch the eggs yet.
- We added a medium amount of mayonnaise (0.5-1 tbsp to each bowl).
- Why do you need to mix each ingredient with mayonnaise? The fact is that this way the salad will be soaked much faster. If necessary, it can be served at the table immediately after preparation.
- Let's start laying out the salad in layers in the following order:
- Potato;
- Herring with onions;
- Carrot;
- Beet;
- layer of mayonnaise;
- Sprinkling with eggs. Ready! Salad can be decorated with a sprig of greens or green peas.
Many put herring in the first layer, and carrots in the second. Of course, this is a matter of taste, but in our opinion it is precisely the combination of herring with potatoes makes the “fur coat” especially tasty!
If you have time, let the herring stand under a fur coat and soak for at least half an hour to achieve maximum juiciness. If there is no time, feel free to serve the salad to the table, because each layer is already mixed with mayonnaise.
And here is our recipe in video format:
Important nuances
- If there is a lot of time left, then you can cook the salad "Herring under a fur coat" in the usual way. Lay out the chopped ingredients in layers in the following order: potatoes, onions, herring, mayonnaise, carrots, onions, herring, potatoes, onions, herring, mayonnaise, etc. (if vegetables are still left). Then evenly spread the beets on the salad, coat them with mayonnaise, sprinkle with grated egg. The most important thing in this recipe for herring under a fur coat is to let the salad brew for 2-4 hours in the refrigerator.
- You can add a little grated apple to the salad (a third or half per 200 g of herring). The apple layer is placed after the carrot layer.
- If the onion is too vigorous, scald it with boiling water.
- If the herring is too salty, add more potatoes to the salad.
Ways and ideas for a beautiful serving of herring under a fur coat
How beautiful to serve herring under a fur coat? You can do this in different ways:
- Portioned. The salad is laid out in bowls, bowls, glasses and even in small jars. Here are some photo ideas.
Also, servings of salad can be served with “turrets” formed using a plastic ring cut from a bottle.
- Roll. To cook herring under a fur coat, you need to cover a large cutting board with cling film, lay the layers on it in reverse order (starting with beets), lay the herring in the center, then roll the resulting rectangular pillow into a roll. For a detailed recipe, see this video tutorial.
- On toast. Herring goes well with rye bread. Why not serve it as an appetizer on toast? It is convenient and unbanal.
- On a dish without walls. It can be a beautiful dish, a tray, a cake stand or just a large plate. You can “collect” the salad in a baking dish both without a bottom and with a bottom (in this case, the layers are stacked in the reverse order, starting with the beets).
If you have an unusual baking dish (you can buy it on Aliexpress), use it for an unusual serving of herring under a fur coat. So, for example, you can prepare a salad in the shape of a fish.
In order for the herring under a fur coat to keep its shape, its top layer is prepared with jelly.
- In a platter with walls, a lasagna dish, a duck dish. This approach is the easiest and most convenient. It is especially suitable for cooking herring under a fur coat for future use, as well as for a feast with a large number of guests.
