Herring Salad

Ingredients

• 4 pickled herrings.
• I lb. pickled cucumbers.
• I lb. apples.
• A pinch of pepper.
• „ ground ginger.
• 8 tablespoonsful salad oil.
• 2 ,, Tarragon vinegar.
• I teaspoonful German mustard.
• I tablespoonful chopped onion.
• ID oz. boiled potatoes.

Method

1. 1

   Soak the herrings 4 to 6 hours, changing the water frequently.

2. 2

   Then skin them and cut up into small dice, pouring over them vinegar and 3 tablespoonsful water.

3. 3

   Peel the potatoes, apples and pickled cucumbers, and cut also into dice.

4. 4

   Mix all well together with the oil, Tarragon vinegar, German mustard, ginger and chopped onion.

5. 5

   Sprinkle over with pepper and add sugar if desired.

6. 6

   The salad may be varied by the addition of hard-boiled eggs, beetroot that has been soaked in vinegar, and 0.5 lb. cold veal, all cut into small dice.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from German cookery for the English kitchen (1906) by Ella Oswald, page 66. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Herring Salad with Sour Cream.) 4 pickled herrings. i lb. boiled potatoes. I teaspoonful chopped onion. I ,, sugar. Lemon juice to taste. } pint thick sour cream. i lb. apples. i lb. pickled cucumbers. 4 tablespoonsful vinegar. A good pinch of pepper. I tablespoonful chopped parsley. Soak the herrings several hours, then cut them into slices, as well as the potatoes, cucumbers and apples. Saiads. 155 Beat the cream well with the vinegar, lemon juice^ parslevt onioni pepper and sugar, and mix thoroughly with the cut-up salad ingredients. Garnish with parsley and radishes. Hepings-Salat. (Herring Salad.) 4 pickled herrings. I lb. pickled cucumbers. I lb. apples. A pinch of pepper. „ ground ginger. 8 tablespoonsful salad oil. 2 ,, Tarragon vinegar. I teaspoonful German mustard. I tablespoonful chopped onion. ID oz. boiled potatoes.

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