Braunschweig herring salad

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• 4 herring fillets (double fillets)
• some herbal vinegar
• 1 large onion(s)
• 2 large gherkins
• 1 large apple
• 200 g Lyoner, in thin slices
• 5 eggs, hard-boiled
• 300 ml whipped cream

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Rest time approx. 12 hours; Total time approx. 12 hours 30 minutes

Just like my mother makes it

Pat the double matjes fillets dry with kitchen paper, clean, and dice finely. Then place them in a bowl or dish (the other ingredients will need to find space in it later) and cover with a little herb vinegar so that the top half of the fish cubes “peeks out of the vinegar,” and let them marinate. Meanwhile, peel the onion, finely dice it, and place it on the fish. Then dice the gherkins and place them on top. Peel and quarter the apple, remove the core, and also dice the apple quarters and place them on top of the gherkins. Also dice the Lyoner sausages and place them on top of the apple cubes. Dice the hard-boiled eggs in the same way and add them to the salad last. Mix everything thoroughly, pour the cream over the fish, mix again, and let the salad marinate, covered, in the refrigerator overnight.