An Excellent Herring Salad

Ingredients

• 1 large Norway herring (or 1-2 fine Dutch herrings)
• cooked beetroot, sliced
• cold boiled potatoes, sliced
• pickled gherkins, sliced
• 1-2 sharp apples, chopped
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, yolks and whites separated and minced
• curled celery leaves or parsley for garnish
• ½ pound cold beef, cut into small thin shavings (optional)
• 1 hard-boiled egg yolk
• salt to taste
• oil
• vinegar
• thick sour cream

Directions

1. Soak, skin, split, and bone the herring.

2. Lay the two sides on a dish and slice them slopingly.

3. Arrange cooked beetroot, cold boiled potatoes, and pickled gherkins over the fish.

4. Add chopped apples and the minced yolks and whites of the hard-boiled eggs in small heaps.

5. Garnish with curled celery leaves or parsley around the bowl.

6. For the sauce, rub the yolk of one hard-boiled egg smooth with salt.

7. Add oil and vinegar to the egg yolk, then dilute with thick sour cream.