herring salad

Ingredients for 10 servings:

• 750 g matjes fillet(s), Nordic style
• 3 m.-sized apples
• 6 m.-large gherkins
• 3 large eggs, hard-boiled
• 1 m.-sized onion(s)
• 325 g meat sausage, about half a ring
• 2 cups of cream
• 50 g capers

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Rest period approx. 1 day; Total time approx. 1 day 30 minutes

my grandmother’s old recipe “Braunschweig style”

The herring fillets do not need to be soaked. However, if you are using salted herring as an alternative, soaking is absolutely necessary! Cut the herring fillets, peeled and cored apples, gherkins, hard-boiled eggs, and bologna sausage into approximately 5 mm cubes and mix in a large bowl. Then finely chop the peeled onion and capers (best with an electric chopper), add them, and mix well. Add the cream and mix everything well again. Cover the herring salad and let it marinate in the refrigerator at least overnight. If desired, you can add a little more pepper before eating, but in my opinion, this is not necessary, as the individual ingredients provide enough flavor and are perfectly matched. The herring salad should be thoroughly mixed again before eating. I recommend baguette as a side dish.