Herring Salad

By Robert Farrar Capon

Published December 14, 1982

Total Time
10 minutes
Rating
4(7)
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Ingredients

  • 6 or 8 herring fillets pickled in dill sauce, diced

  • ¼ cup vinegar

  • ½ teaspoon white pepper

  • 1 to 2 tablespoons sugar

  • 1 cup cooked beef, veal, lamb or pork, diced

  • 1 cup cooked beets, diced

  • 1 cup cooked potatoes, diced

  • 2 sweet gherkins, diced

  • 2 peeled, cored apples, diced

  • 1 cup unsweetened, lightly salted whipped cream or 1 cup mayonnaise delicately colored with beet juice

  • 2 or 3 hard-cooked eggs, sliced

  • 6 or more cherry tomatoes, halved

  • Parsley for garnish

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Nutritional analysis per serving

13 grams carbs; 128 milligrams cholesterol; 303 calories; 6 grams monosaturated fat; 3 grams polyunsaturated fat; 4 grams saturated fat; 15 grams fat; 2 grams fiber; 358 milligrams sodium; 28 grams protein; 8 grams sugar

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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