Bismarck herring salad

Ingredients for 8 servings:

• 3 eggs
• 1 small jar of cucumber(s) (mustard pickles)
• 1 tsp mustard, medium hot
• 150 g yogurt (full-fat yogurt)
• 250 g sour cream or creme fraiche
• 2 tbsp apple juice
• Salt
• Pepper, from the mill
• 1 pinch(s) of sugar
• ½ bunch of dill
• 2 onions
• 100 g gherkins
• 2 m.-sized apples
• 8 pieces of fish (Bismarck herring, approx. 50g each)

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Rest time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes

Boil the eggs hard for about 10 minutes. Drain, rinse in cold water, and peel. Drain the gherkins, reserving the water. Mix together the mustard, yogurt, sour cream, 4 tablespoons of gherkin water, and apple juice. Season with salt, pepper, and sugar. Pick the dill sprigs, finely chop, and stir in. Cut the onions into rings, the gherkins into slices, and the apples into thin wedges. Cut the herring into pieces and the eggs into wedges. Carefully mix the onions, mustard and gherkins, apples, herring, and eggs. Carefully stir in the salad dressing. Cover the salad and refrigerate for about 1 hour. Season again with salt, pepper, and sugar, if desired.