The classic "herring under a fur coat" salad in New Year's decoration is a delicious and beautiful dish that is not difficult to prepare. I tell you how to do it.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
For many, “Herring under a fur coat” is a favorite salad that can rightfully be called a cult salad. The dish always turns out great and delights guests with its excellent taste. This is a real highlight of the feast, without which more than one holiday is not complete. A spectacular and unusual serving of your favorite salad will pleasantly surprise all eaters on New Year's Eve. The dish is prepared in different ways for every taste, using classic and original recipes. In this review, we will prepare an elegant festive salad, which will undoubtedly become the "king" of the New Year's banquet.
The recipe requires classic products. Although, if you wish, you can use the ones that you like best. Some add apples to the salad, others boiled eggs, and someone uses saury, sprat or canned food instead of herring. The main thing in a New Year's dish is to decorate the food beautifully. This recipe will tell you how to cook a fur coat with a roll in the form of a New Year's cracker. If you are worried that the first time you will not be able to prepare a dish in this way, then try to make a salad before the holiday - New Year. After all, there is still enough time before the celebration and everyone will be able to master the technique of decorating the dish.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 134 kcal.
- Servings - 1 salad
- Cooking time - 30 minutes to assemble the salad, plus time to boil and cool the salad
Ingredients:
- Herring - 1 pc.
- Potatoes - 2 pcs.
- Beets - 1 pc.
- Eggs - 1 pc. for decoration
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Mayonnaise - for dressing
- Carrots - 1 pc.
Step-by-step preparation of the "herring under a fur coat" salad, New Year's recipe with a photo:
1. Boil potatoes in their uniforms in salted water. Then cool, peel and grate. Take a mat (bamboo rug) and wrap it with cling film. Put potatoes on it in an even rectangular layer, tamp and press down well.
2. Apply mayonnaise to it and coat well.
3. Peel the boiled carrots, grate and place on top of the carrots. Depending on its amount, you can grease it with mayonnaise.
4. Peel the onions, chop them into thin half rings and place them on top of the carrots. If you wish, you can pre-pickle the onions in vinegar and sugar. Either use a white or red variety, they are sweeter.
5. Peel the herring from the film and entrails. Cut off the head, fins and tail. Separate the fillets from the ridge and wash. Dry with a paper towel, cut into thin strips or cubes, and place onion on top. If you don't want to mess around with cleaning fish for a long time, you can buy ready-made pieces of herring in a jar.
6. Use a mat to roll the food into a roll.
7. Carefully transfer it to the dish. In which you will serve.
8. Apply mayonnaise to the roll.
9. Spread mayonnaise all over the roll.
10. Pre-boil the beets until tender, peel and grate. Spread it out on top of the roll.
11. Boil the eggs to a cool consistency, dip in ice water and cool. Peel and finely grate the whites from the yolks separately. Decorate the roll with egg yolk and egg white at your discretion. Also, use an improvised product for decoration. For example, greens, green peas, canned corn and other foods. After finishing the decoration, the salad can be served to the table.
See also the video recipe on how to cook New Year's salad "Herring under a fur coat".
