This salad falls into the top three hits that most often decorate modern holiday tables. Each mistress in her own way cooks herring under a fur coat. Culinary experts endlessly change and improve the classic recipe, trying to find the perfect option for themselves.

Herring under a Fur Coat. Layers in order. Classic recipe

This recipe option includes fish fillet and vegetables. No additional ingredients are used in its preparation. By the way, it is the classic salad that gourmets love the most. Having created a vegetable “fur coat” over the fish, you always need to let the dish brew well in the cold so that all layers are saturated with the sauce.

Ingredients

The products are taken: large fat herring, 2 medium beets, large carrots, 2 pinchs of small salt, a table egg, a little vinegar, onion, 4 potatoes, a large amount of mayonnaise without additives.

It is very important to choose a whole salty herring for a snack. In this case, the hostess herself will be able to choose a large beautiful fish. Cut foods in jars are watered with plenty of vinegar and contain harmful preservatives. When used, the taste of the salad will deteriorate significantly.

Cooking method

  1. First of all, all vegetables from the recipe are boiled until soft. Once the food has cooled, they need to be peeled. The egg is also cooked until cooked.
  2. All prepared products, except for herring and onions, are rubbed using a coarse grater.
  3. The first layer of the snack is half the grated potatoes, salted and covered with a grid of mayonnaise.
  4. The second layer will be a herring cut by a middle cube. You do not need to grind too much, otherwise the taste of the fish will not be in the snack. Again, a grid of mayonnaise is created, but the salt is no longer used.
  5. Next are the following layers of salad: diced onions, slightly sprinkled with table vinegar - carrots - mayonnaise - remaining potatoes - beets - mayonnaise - grated egg. Some of them are salted to taste.

You can decorate the snack with flowers cut from vegetables.

A similar recipe: classic recipe in layers of herring under a fur coat

With apples

This variation of the classic appetizer will make it possible to prepare the most juicy and tender dish. Ingredients: 420 g herring fillet (preferably barrel), 2 carrots, large onion, 3 potatoes, sour apple, 2 tablespoons, salt, a pinch of sugar, small. spoon of balsamic vinegar, mayonnaise. How such an original herring is prepared under a fur coat is described in detail below.

  1. It is advisable to cook vegetables and eggs in advance. For example, in the evening. Over the past time they will have time to cool well, and will not crumble during grinding.
  2. Onions should not only be cut into small cubes, but also marinated. For this, its pieces are poured with a mixture of balsamic vinegar, salt and sugar. Bulk components are added by a small pinch. Let the onions stand in the resulting marinade for several minutes.
  3. The first layer of snacks will be coarsely grated potatoes. She is well oiled with mayonnaise and salted.
  4. Topped with pickled onions.
  5. Next - herring cubes. Pieces of fish should be quite large. They are also oiled with sauce.
  6. Grated carrot is laid on top of the herring and again - mayonnaise.
  7. It remains to rub a juicy apple and eggs over the layers, which are generously smeared with mayonnaise.
  8. Salad mixed with grated beetroot dressing is decorated.

Chopped fresh greens will help to beautifully arrange a snack.

Dietary option without mayonnaise

Few people know that there is even a dietary version of the salad being discussed. Of course, it is cooked without mayonnaise and potatoes. Ingredients: salted herring, 420 g low-fat sour cream, 2 onions, 2 carrots, 3 beets, 60-70 g mustard, 10 g apple cider vinegar, 5 tablespoons eggs, salt, a mixture of colored peppers.

  1. If the onion was too bitter, you should first cut it into cubes, and then pour boiling water and leave for a couple of minutes. Further, at the same time, it is poured with apple cider vinegar.
  2. Beets and carrots are washed and tightly wrapped in foil, after which they are baked in the oven for 35-45 minutes. This cooking method (as opposed to cooking) will allow you to save all the vitamins in vegetables.
  3. Finished products, softened inside, are crushed using a grater.
  4. Hard-boiled eggs also rub heavily.
  5. Herring gets rid of the peel and cut into neat pieces.
  6. For dressing, sour cream, salt and mustard are combined.
  7. The appetizer is laid out in layers in the following sequence: beets - pieces of fish - grated eggs - carrots - pieces of fish - eggs - pieces of fish - beets. After each new vegetable, a layer of pickled onions is laid out.
  8. Layers are added to taste and smeared with sour cream sauce.

A snack is infused for a couple of hours in the cold.

Lazy herring under a fur coat

This recipe will finish cooking snacks very quickly. Ingredients: large slightly salted herring, large beets, 3 potatoes, carrots, onions, mayonnaise, salt, seasonings to taste.

  1. All prepared vegetables are boiled until soft, right in the peel. When the products have cooled slightly, they can be cut into small cubes.
  2. The herring is cleaned of the skin, viscera. Also gets rid of the head and tail. It is cut into small slices.
  3. All prepared ingredients are combined in a deep salad bowl. They are seasoned with mayonnaise mixed with salt and seasonings.

To serve the salad beautifully, it is worth using a serving ring. By the way, it can be made independently from a tin can.

How to cook roll?

This is an ideal design for a familiar salad for a festive table. In this form, it looks much more interesting and appetizing than ordinary layers.Ingredients: 450 g salted fish fillet, large red beets, 5 table eggs, 3 potato tubers, 5 large carrots, homemade mayonnaise, salt. How to cook a salad step by step in the form of a roll, is described below.

  1. In general, the salad is prepared in this form according to the same scheme as the classic version. First of all, all vegetables are boiled or baked in foil in the oven until soft. When the products have cooled, they rub on the grater with the largest divisions. By the way, potatoes and carrots can be cooked together, but beets should be cooked separately. Eggs are boiled at the same time.
  2. Finished testicles are cut into a small cube.
  3. Salted herring fillet is coarsely cut in cubes or cubes.
  4. A cling film is laid out on a cutting board. It is best to do two layers at once. Especially if the material is not too dense.
  5. Beets are scattered on the film and rammed. From above, it is covered with another layer of material and kneads. Then the film is removed, and the beets are greased with mayonnaise and added.
  6. Grated carrots are distributed over the first vegetable. Then: grated potatoes, grated eggs. These layers are also salted and smeared with sauce.
  7. In the middle of the future roll, pieces of herring are laid out.
  8. The design is neatly folded so that the ends dock.
  9. It remains to even the seam on the surface of the appetizer and shift it to a beautiful plate.

The treat is cut into portions and served on the table.

How to cook a salad and how to serve?

If an appetizer is being prepared in the form of a roll, then it should be served on an oval beautiful dish. A large amount of finely chopped greens crumbles over the salad.

 

The usual layered version of the salad should be laid out and served in a transparent bowl, which will allow you to admire the appetizing components. If you plan to put the appetizer on a flat dish, then you should use the culinary ring for this purpose. All layers are formed right inside it and rammed, and after cooling the dish, the ring is carefully removed.

How to decorate herring under a fur coat?

Most often, vegetable flowers are used to decorate the salad under discussion. They are collected from slices of beets, carrots or apples, after which they are complemented by fresh herbs.

 

Of course, you can make the design of the appetizer and themed. For example, by the new year, it is important to spread a fir tree made of chopped greens on its surface. A light background from a grated egg will highlight the picture. The Christmas tree will be decorated with “toys” from vegetable slices and halves of cherry tomatoes.

Similar thematic drawings can be created for any other holiday. For example, the numbers for the birthday, March 8 and February 23. The main thing is to include imagination.

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