For festive feasts, daily dinners and small snacks, Russian families often use tasty, moist, salty herring. This universal ingredient for cold appetizers goes well with a variety of products, each time revealing new facets of its taste. Herring sandwiches are prepared according to many recipes, sometimes combining the most unusual flavor notes.
What are herring sandwiches?
One of many people’s favorite snack options is herring. A sandwich is bread with a piece of salted fish, supplemented with other ingredients. Spicy herring goes well with a variety of foods, which is why there are so many recipes for making this snack. If you approach the issue of preparing sandwiches with imagination, you can feed your family and guests with a delicious treat. Such sandwiches are served as an independent dish, used as a snack, and are convenient to take with you on a hike or a long walk.
How to cook
There are many ways to prepare herring sandwiches. A simple dish has hundreds of variations, among which you will find a treat to suit your taste. Black and white bread is used as a base, cut into different shapes. There are recipes in which a circle of boiled potatoes is used instead of a bakery base. The recipes differ not only in the composition of the products that are laid out on the sandwich, but also in the spreads. Among the most common are butter and curd cheese, but there are also other spreads:
- a mixture of butter and chopped herbs;
- sour cream with finely grated apple, horseradish, salt, sugar;
- butter mixed with mustard;
- mayonnaise with grated pickled cucumber (without excess liquid) and celery;
- sour cream with mustard, horseradish;
- butter with ketchup or tomato paste.
Herring sandwich recipes
Herring sandwiches have hundreds, maybe thousands of variations. Large and small eateries, hot and cold, filling and elegant. The easiest way to prepare it is to grease a piece of bread with butter and add a piece of herring. If this recipe is boring and too simple, make a multi-component sandwich. Add beets, carrots, processed cheese and even slices of kiwi, arrange the products to your taste, surprise your loved ones and guests.
On black bread
- Time: 10 minutes.
- Number of servings: 6 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 165 kcal/100 g.
- Purpose: snack.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty: easy.
The ideal base for spicy herring is black bread. You can choose any variety of rye baked goods, but sandwiches with Borodino bread and herring are a classic combination that is considered impeccable. Cucumbers, beets, and cheese are suitable for such a harmonious flavor union. If you want to cook something truly original, then use the following recipe. The combination of products is extremely unusual, but the bright taste of the sandwiches appealed to the residents of our country. Recently, this recipe has been gaining popularity.
Ingredients:
- Borodino bread – 300 g;
- kiwi – 2 pcs.;
- cream cheese – 100 g;
- lightly salted herring fillet – 150 g;
- tomato – 1 pc.;
- dill - a few sprigs for decoration;
- green onions - 3-4 feathers.
Cooking method:
- Cut the crusts off the bread. Brush the crumb with cream cheese.
- Peel the kiwi, cut into thin rings, tomatoes into slices.
- Divide the fillet into pieces.
- Place kiwi on the cheese, then herring, tomatoes, and decorate with herbs on top.
Sandwiches for the holiday table
- Time: 10 minutes.
- Calorie content of the dish: 143 kcal/100 g.
- Purpose: snack.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty: easy.
Appetizing, tasty sandwiches with pieces of herring will become a real work of culinary art if you choose the right ingredients and decorate the treat. Arrange sandwiches with herring on the festive table in the form of canapés. Bright vegetables and fresh herbs are perfect for their taste and as a decoration. Choose the shape for the canapes at your discretion: triangular, round, square.
Ingredients:
- herring – 100 g;
- fresh cucumber – 1 pc.;
- red bell pepper – 1 pc.;
- olives – 15 pcs.;
- butter – 2 tbsp. l.;
- dill, ground black pepper - to taste;
- black bread - 15 small slices.
Cooking method:
- Cut the herring fillet into thin slices.
- Mix softened butter with chopped dill and black pepper.
- Cut the cucumbers into thin slices, lettuce peppers into strips.
- Cut the bread into small slices of the chosen shape.
- Brush each slice with butter.
- Add herring, cucumbers, and bell peppers. Garnish with olives and herbs.
- Fasten with skewers and serve.
Herring under a Fur Coat
- Time: 30 minutes.
- Calorie content of the dish: 187 kcal/100 g.
- Purpose: snack.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty: easy.
One of the favorite salads that is prepared in many Russian families is called herring under a fur coat. The harmonious combination of salted fish and vegetables, smeared with mayonnaise, will delight you and your family for decades. To add something new to a familiar dish, make it in the form of sandwiches. This type of favorite snack will decorate the table, and you will get the opportunity to enjoy an impeccable combination of products.
Ingredients:
- loaf – 1/2 pcs.;
- herring fillet – 1 pc.;
- boiled beets – 1 pc.;
- boiled carrots – 1 pc.;
- garlic – 1 tooth;
- mayonnaise - to taste;
- dill - 1 bunch.
Cooking method:
- In separate containers, grate and mix beets and carrots with mayonnaise.
- Add a garlic clove passed through a press to the grated beets.
- Cut the fillet into thin slices.
- Cut the loaf into small pieces.
- Place a layer of herring, carrots, and beets on the bread slices.
- Finely chop the dill and sprinkle it on the sandwiches.
With melted cheese
- Time: 10 minutes.
- Number of servings: 5-6 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 266 kcal/100 g.
- Purpose: snack.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty: easy.
Even those who are just learning the basics of culinary art will be able to prepare a delicious and appetizing snack. For the following recipe, the ingredients are not laid out in layers on the bread, but spread on it in the form of a homogeneous paste. A meat grinder is used to create herring paste. To make the mass as homogeneous as possible, use a mesh on the grill with small holes for the pate. A delicious spread suitable for breakfast, a snack or even on a holiday table.
Ingredients:
- large lightly salted herring – 2 pcs.;
- carrots – 2 pcs.;
- loaf – 1 pc.;
- processed cheese – 200-250 g;
- lemon juice – 2 tbsp. l.;
- vegetable oil – 1 tbsp. l.;
- butter – 150 g.
Cooking method:
- Wash the herring, separate the fillets from the bones.
- Boil the carrots, then cool them.
- Pass fish fillets, carrots, processed cheese, and butter through a meat grinder.
- Stir the mixture with vegetable oil and lemon juice.
- Brush the bread slices with the mixture. Garnish with lemon slices or herbs.
With pickled cucumbers
- Time: 20 minutes.
- Number of servings: 7-8 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 127 kcal/100 g.
- Purpose: snack.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty: easy.
If it’s difficult to surprise your family with classic sandwiches, prepare an unusual version of this snack with herring. The harmonious composition of flavors, beautiful presentation and simple execution will make this recipe a favorite in your family. According to the recipe, the herring is not twisted in a meat grinder into puree and is not laid out in slices on the bread pulp, but is cut into small pieces and combined with other products. The unusual consistency of the mass will surprise you with the fullness of its taste.
Ingredients:
- black bread - 1 loaf;
- herring fillet – 200 g;
- pickled cucumbers – 2-4 pcs.;
- chicken eggs – 3 pcs.;
- apple cider vinegar – 1 tbsp. l.;
- vegetable oil – 1 tbsp. l.;
- capers – 50 g;
- cherry tomatoes – 10 pcs.;
- dill – 1 bunch;
- ground black pepper - to taste.
Cooking method:
- Boil the eggs hard.
- Cut the bread into small squares or triangles.
- Finely chop half a bunch of dill.
- Cut the tomatoes in half.
- Cut the egg whites, cucumbers and fish fillets into small cubes, mash the yolks with a fork.
- Mix fish, eggs, cucumbers, herbs, season with ground pepper, add vinegar and oil.
- Place the herring mixture on the sandwich, garnish with capers, remaining dill sprigs and tomato halves.
Hot sandwiches with fillet and boiled carrots
- Time: 15 minutes.
- Number of servings: 3-4 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 263 kcal/100 g.
- Purpose: snack.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty: easy.
To prepare a delicious snack from your favorite salted fish, you will need very little time, a minimum of effort and the simplest ingredients. The recipe uses boiled carrots, which will not only reveal the full flavor of the herring, but will also become a bright, beautiful element decorating the sandwich. The sandwich is unusual in its heat treatment, which is rarely used for salted herring. The heat melts the cheese and brings out the flavors of the food in a special way.
Ingredients:
- vegetable oil – 3 tbsp. l.;
- baguette – 1 pc.;
- herring fillet – 100 g;
- hard cheese – 100 g;
- carrots – 1 pc.
Cooking method:
- Cut the baguette into pieces, sprinkle them with water and oil, and place on a baking sheet.
- Mix grated carrots and cheese.
- Place half of the mixture on the baguette.
- Arrange the herring slices and sprinkle with the remaining carrot-cheese mixture.
- Place the baking sheet in the oven preheated to 200 degrees for 5 minutes.
With egg
- Time: 15 minutes.
- Number of servings: 5 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 229 kcal/100 g.
- Purpose: snack.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty: easy.
If you want to please your family with delicious canapés and their original presentation, try the following recipe. Using a minimum of ingredients, in a matter of minutes you will prepare an original treat that will become a worthy decoration for your table. Small toasts with herring are ideal for a buffet table; they look modern and original. Such a treat will not linger on the table; everyone will want to enjoy a beautifully decorated canapé.
Ingredients:
- white bread – 200 g;
- quail eggs – 5 pcs.;
- herring fillet – 100 g;
- mayonnaise – 1 tbsp. l.
Cooking method:
- Boil, cool and peel the eggs.
- Cut the bread into small squares, dry them in the oven or in a frying pan.
- Brush one side of the bread slice with mayonnaise.
- An oblong slice of herring should be threaded onto a skewer on both sides.
- Place half a quail egg on the bread square, yolk side down.
- Stick a skewer with herring into the sofa.
With dill oil
- Time: 10 minutes.
- Number of servings: 6 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 238 kcal/100 g.
- Purpose: snack.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty: easy.
The ideal combination of moist salted fish, rye bread and aromatic dill oil with a slight lemon sourness will be remembered by you and your guests for a long time. For cooking, use any rye bread, but the Borodino variety is better. If the treat is intended for a buffet, it is better to get rid of the harsh bread crusts. Use quality butter. A cheap, low-quality product will ruin the taste of the entire dish.
Ingredients:
- Borodino bread – 6 slices;
- butter – 30 g;
- herring fillet – 150 g;
- dill – 3-4 sprigs;
- lemon – 2 slices.
Cooking method:
- Chop the dill without hard stems into small pieces.
- Mix greens with softened butter.
- Cut the bread into small pieces (3.5*5 cm), brush with dill oil.
- Place a piece of herring, a segment of a lemon wedge, and a small sprig of dill.
With caviar
- Time: 10 minutes.
- Number of servings: 3-4 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 199 kcal/100 g.
- Purpose: snack.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty: easy.
Make noble sandwiches with red caviar and a slice of lemon from your favorite salted herring. This is a great option for a buffet where you want to surprise your guests. Their appetizing appearance and fresh salty taste will make them the pride of your table. The recipe does not include spreading; you can use butter or cream cheese if desired.
Ingredients:
- white bread – ½ piece;
- herring fillet – 150 g;
- red caviar – 80 g;
- lemon – ½ pc.
Cooking method:
1. Cut the bread into portions and dry in a toaster.
2. Lay out the fish pieces, leave 3 mm of the edge free.
3. Carefully place red caviar on top.
4. Place half a thin slice of lemon on the free edge.
With pickled onions
- Time: 20 minutes.
- Number of servings: 6-8 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 253 kcal/100 g.
- Purpose: snack.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty: easy.
A simple, quick to make, yet incredibly tasty dish will help you out if you have unexpected guests or your family wants a snack. An appetizing appetizer with herring and pickled onions is an ideal treat for a table with strong alcohol. The recipe specifies the Crimean purple variety of onion, which is more tender and softer than other types. You can take a regular onion, white or red onion.
Ingredients:
- lightly salted herring – 1 pc.;
- Crimean purple onion – 1 pc.;
- Borodino bread – 1 piece;
- butter – 150 g;
- vinegar (9%) – 1 tbsp. l.;
- water – 3 tbsp. l.
Cooking method:
- Cut the onion into half rings (if the onions are small, you can cut them into rings).
- Prepare a marinade of vinegar and water, pour the liquid over the chopped onion.
- Cut the bread into triangles, spread each piece with butter.
- Fillet the herring, cut into small pieces, and sprinkle with vinegar.
- Place a layer of pickled onions on the sandwiches, then herring slices.
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Herring fish It’s delicious on its own, and dishes made from it make it even tastier. There are many recipes for herring, from the traditional “Herring under a fur coat” to pates. I offer my own versions of original herring dishes. How to prepare herring snacks, recipes for herring snacks with photos step by step read and watch further.
Herring appetizers: recipes with photos
An appetizer of herring and herbs will look unusual and very festive on any table. It cooks quickly and easy. Try it!
Recipe: Herring appetizer “Emerald balls”
Ingredients:
- lightly salted herring
- boiled potatoes
- boiled eggs
- processed soft cheese
- dill greens
- ground black pepper
- cranberries (for decoration)
Cooking method:
1. Cut the herring on fillet. Take all the bones.
2. Cut the herring fillet into small cubes.
3. Boil eggs and potatoes, cool and peel.
4. Grate the potatoes and eggs on a fine grater.
5. In a bowl, mix potatoes, herring and eggs.
6. Season the mixture with ground pepper to taste.
7. Add soft to the bowl processed cheese.
8. You need a little cheese, just for the viscosity of the mass so that you can make balls from it. Knead the herring mass and remove in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes.
9. Wash the dill, dry and finely chop.
10. With wet hands, form balls from the herring mass.
11. Roll the balls in dill.
12. Place the herring balls on a beautiful dish.
13. Decorate with cranberries.
As a festive version of the original herring appetizer, I can offer you a snack dish that quite interestingly combines herring, lemon and Borodino bread. From experience I can definitely say that any man will like this snack. Goes great with strong alcoholic drinks.
Recipe “Brutal” herring appetizer for men
Ingredients:
- lightly salted herring fillet
- lemon
- green onions
- mayonnaise
- freshly ground black pepper
- Borodino bread
Cooking method:
- Cut Borodino bread into thin slices, cut off the crusts and give the slices a rectangular shape.
- Cut the lemon into slices, then into quarters.
- Cut the green onion feathers diagonally into long pieces.
- Using a sharp knife, cut the herring fillet diagonally into beautiful slices.
- Grease the bread with mayonnaise. Place pieces of herring and a quarter of lemon on the bread.
- Place green onion feathers on the lemon.
- Prick the appetizer with toothpicks or special skewers for canapés.
- Sprinkle for piquancy freshly ground snack black pepper. So, unusual b Ruta snack is ready!
Video recipe Herring appetizer “Festive”
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In Russia, a rare feast is complete without herring. And for the holidays you always want something special. I bring to your attention 5 simple, tasty and very beautiful herring snacks. At the bottom of each recipe is a video tutorial.
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Ingredients:
- Salted herring fillet (finely chopped) – 2 pcs.
- Cottage cheese – 150 gr
- Tomatoes – 2 pieces
- Mayonnaise – 2 tablespoons
- Boiled potatoes – 2 pcs.
- Hard cheese – 100 gr.
- Dill
- Ground black pepper
Boil the potatoes in their jackets, peel, cool and cut into slices.
Mash the egg yolks with a fork. Add cottage cheese, mayonnaise, black pepper and chopped herring fillet to the yolks. Mix well.
Cut the tomatoes into circles. Grate the cheese on a fine grater.
Roll the curd into balls, roll them in cheese and place them on the potatoes and tomatoes. Add dill and a piece of herring on top. That's it, a simple and tasty snack is ready.
SNACK "CAKES" from HERRING
Ingredients:
- Salted herring fillet – 2 pcs.
- Boiled beans – 100 gr
- Hard boiled egg – 1 piece
- Olive oil or butter - 3 tbsp. l
- Red Caviar – 3 tsp.
- Rye bread
- Pepper
- Greens for decoration
Soak the beans and boil until tender and grind in a blender. (By the way, if you don’t want to bother with beans, you can replace them with boiled eggs.) Add butter or olive oil, herring and egg to the bean puree.
Blend everything again in a blender until smooth. Season with salt and pepper to taste and add red caviar.
Slice the bread and remove the crusts. And apply herring-caviar cream. Place another piece on top and coat with cream again. And again a piece of bread on top.
Decorate each herring cake with the remaining cream using a pastry bag.
And decorate with the remaining eggs.
Watch a video recipe on how to make snack “cakes” from herring
“EMERALD” HERRING APPETIZER
Ingredients:
- Herring – 1 piece
- Boiled potatoes – 2 pcs.
- Processed cheese – 100 gr
- Hard-boiled eggs – 2 pcs.
- Butter – 50 g
- Dill
- Pomegranate seeds
- Ground black pepper
Chop the herring fillet finely, grate the potatoes and eggs on a coarse grater. Mix melted cheese into this mixture.
Add chopped herring, butter, pepper and mix again. Place in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, finely chop the washed, dried dill. We take the workpiece out of the refrigerator. Roll it into balls and roll in dill. Place a pomegranate seed on each ball.
And a video recipe for “Emerald” Herring Appetizer
This is a very tasty and delicate-tasting herring under a fur coat; this dish will pleasantly surprise you!
Ingredients:
- Salted herring (cut) – 500 g
- Hard-boiled eggs – 4 pcs.
- Mayonnaise – approximately 200 gr.
- Boiled beets – 1 large or 2 small pieces
- Boiled carrots – 2 pieces
- Lavash - 3 pieces
- Parsley
- Leek
- Food foil
Place 3 pita breads together and cut in half.
These are blanks for 2 rolls.
Grind the beets on a coarse grater, and chop the carrots on a fine grater.
We put 1 layer of pita bread on the foil, as you remember, we have 3 of them! Coat it with mayonnaise and distribute half the beets over the surface. And cover with a second layer of lavash.
Spread mayonnaise on the second layer of pita bread and spread half of the carrots in a thin layer. Cover with lavash again.
Spread the third layer of pita bread with mayonnaise and lay out the grated eggs - exactly half.
Roll it up, place it on foil, wrap it in foil and put it in the refrigerator for half an hour.
We do the same with the second part of the pita bread, beets, carrots, eggs and mayonnaise. We saved them for the second roll... This is how we put the rolls in the refrigerator.
After 30 minutes, take the rolls out of the refrigerator and carefully cut into portions. Place onion cut into rings on each piece, and herring and parsley on top.
Video recipe Herring under a fur coat in lavash
Appetizer with herring on puff pastry
Ingredients:
- Salted herring fillet – 1 piece
- Puff pastry (buy at the store) – 500 gr.
- Leek – 35 g
- Mayonnaise – 2 tbsp. l.
- Boiled beets – 2 pcs.
- Egg for brushing cakes – 1 pc.
- Fresh cucumber – one
- Dill and parsley
- Radishes for decoration
- Parchment paper for baking
First you need to bake the base of their puff pastry. To do this, divide the dough layer into about 33 equal parts. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Beat the egg and brush the dough pieces. Place in the oven, wait for our shortcakes to turn golden brown and remove from the oven.
Grind the salted herring fillet in a meat grinder or blender. Add chopped onion and mayonnaise to the ground fillet and mix with a spoon.
Three beets on a coarse grater, add 1 spoon of mayonnaise, salt and mix.
Sprinkle the dish with finely chopped herbs to serve the herring appetizer. Cut fresh cucumber into slices.
Place the baked pieces of puff pastry on a plate and place a slice of cucumber on top. And place minced herring on one half of each piece, and minced beetroot on the other half directly on the cucumber slices.
Decorate the dish with finely chopped radishes and folded into rosettes and you can serve.
And watch the video recipe
Herring dishes are so popular in our cuisine that, perhaps, not a single holiday table is complete without this wonderful fish. Do not forget that in terms of Omega-3 content, vitamin D, iodine and other useful vitamins and microelements, herring is superior to many other products. Therefore, regular consumption of this fish normalizes blood pressure, cholesterol levels, calms the nervous system, and improves immunity.
In one of the past, I wrote that herring pickled at home is much tastier. And how many different dishes can be prepared from salted herring besides the popular fur coat! I want to introduce you to some of them. These recipes are quick, simple, but at the same time delicious.
Simple and tasty herring dishes
It’s not at all difficult to prepare cold appetizers from salted herring, both for guests and just for dinner. There are many options for serving herring, and each time it will taste like a completely different dish.
Herring with apples
Ingredients:
- herring fillet – 400 gr.
- apple – 400 gr.
- eggs - 3 pcs.
- pickled cucumbers – 3 pcs.
- onions – 1 pc.
- natural yogurt – 2 tbsp. l.
- mustard – 2 tbsp. l.
- lemon juice – 1 tsp
Peel and seed the apple, cut into small cubes, and immediately pour in lemon juice.
Finely chop the pickled cucumber, hard-boiled eggs and onions. Add yogurt and mustard, stir well. Cut the herring into small pieces and pour the resulting dressing on top. I recommend refrigerating it before serving.
Classic recipe for herring with onion and carrot marinade
Ingredients:
- herring fillet – 400 gr.
- carrots – 2 pcs.
- onions – 1-2 pcs.
- tomato sauce – 4 tbsp. l.
- black pepper
Cut the onion into half rings. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Fry onions and carrots over low heat in vegetable oil.
At the very end, add tomato sauce and sprinkle with black pepper. Cool the resulting dressing slightly.
Cut the herring into small pieces, and place the fried onions and carrots on top.
Recipe for herring with carrots and raisins
A wonderful recipe, similar to the previous one, but raisins and nuts give the herring a completely different taste.
Ingredients:
- herring fillet – 400 gr.
- carrots – 3 pcs.
- onions – 1-2 pcs.
- raisins – 50 gr.
- walnuts – 50 gr.
- black pepper
As in the previous recipe, chop the onion and grate the carrots, fry until soft.
Pre-soak the raisins (about 50 g). Chop the walnuts. We cut the herring, put it in layers in a herring bowl, put a layer of carrots and onions on top, then raisins, again herring, then nuts, then again carrots and onions on top.
For beauty, you can decorate with a mesh of mayonnaise.
Delicious recipe - herring salsa with bread crumbs
This gourmet recipe is made with mango, cucumber and rye bread.
Ingredients:
- herring fillet – 400 gr.
- mango – 1 pc.
- fresh cucumber – 2 pcs.
- red onion – ½ pc.
- fresh cilantro – ¼ cup
- chili pepper to taste
- lime or lemon - 1 pc.
- black pepper
- rye bread – 3 slices
- butter – 20 gr.
- salt to taste
Line a baking tray with paper. Grind the rye bread into crumbs by hand or with a food processor and mix with softened butter and add a little salt. Place in an oven preheated to 190°C for 15-20 minutes. After the bread is baked, it is advisable to grind the crumbs again using a blender.
Cut mango, cucumbers and onions into small cubes. Add chili pepper and chopped cilantro to taste. Stir everything and pour in squeezed lime or lemon juice.
Place the herring in the herring bowl at one end, and the mango and vegetables on the other side. Fill the middle with bread crumbs. Top with lime slices and cilantro leaves.
Recipe for pickled herring with oranges
When I tried to cook herring according to this recipe, I was convinced that the herring prepared with such an unusual marinade turned out to be very aromatic and refreshing.
Ingredients:
- herring fillet – 300 gr.
- orange – 1 pc.
- red onion – 1 pc.
- For the marinade:
- olive oil – 8 tbsp. l.
- nutmeg – 1 tsp.
- cilantro – 1 tsp.
- brown sugar – 1 tsp.
- soy sauce – 1 tbsp. l.
- wine vinegar (light) – 1 tbsp. l.
- juniper berries – 5 peas
- lemon pepper - a pinch
- black pepper - a pinch
- salt – ½ tsp.
Cut the herring into pieces, the onion into half rings, and the orange into slices.
Prepare the marinade - mix all the ingredients of the marinade and heat slightly until the sugar is completely dissolved. Cool.
Place a layer of onions in a glass or ceramic dish, oranges on it, then herring, another layer of onions and cover with oranges on top.
Pour over the marinade and refrigerate overnight.
You can prepare a very tasty herring appetizer for your guests on the festive table.
Festive herring sandwiches
Ingredients:
- herring – 1 pc.
- processed cheese – 100 gr.
- pickled mushrooms – 50 gr.
- dill greens
- tomato – 1 pc.
- rye or wheat bread to your taste
Let's look at the recipe step by step.
Chop the pickled mushrooms. First remove the processed cheese from the refrigerator; it should be at room temperature.
Place herring fillets (both halves) between cling film and beat a little.
Brush the fillet with melted cheese, place chopped mushrooms on the cheese and sprinkle with dill.
Now you need to wrap the herring in cling film, try to be as tight as possible. For reliability, you can wrap it in several layers of cling film.
You will get two long herring rolls. Place in the refrigerator, or even better, in the freezer for a couple of hours.
During this time, prepare the bread. Using a glass, cut out circles of bread and brown them for 5-6 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees. Turn off the oven and keep the bread in the oven for a couple more minutes.
Cut the herring rolls into portions about 1 cm thick.
Spread each piece of bread with cheese and place a circle of herring roll on top.
Top with herbs, a slice of tomato or pickled cucumber.
Stuffed champignons
An original appetizer that will surely surprise your guests.
Ingredients:
- herring – 1 pc.
- fresh champignons – 20 pcs.
- onions – 1 pc.
- carrots – 1 pc.
- red bell pepper – 1 pc.
- thyme – 1 tbsp. l.
- salt, pepper to taste
- sunflower and butter
For this dish, buy larger mushrooms from stores. Clean the mushrooms, cut out the stems, wash and dry the caps. Fry the caps in sunflower oil for a few minutes. To remove excess oil, place mushroom caps on a paper towel.
Grate the carrots on a coarse grater, and finely chop the onions, peppers and mushroom stems. Fry the vegetables in ghee or butter for about 10 minutes.
Cut the herring fillet into small pieces and combine with cooled vegetables.
All that remains is to stuff the champignon caps with herring and vegetables. When serving, you can garnish with green onions or any herbs.
Salad with herring and avocado
If you already have boiled beets, this salad can be prepared in 10 minutes. This salad looks very beautiful in portioned glasses or wine glasses.
Ingredients:
- herring – 300 gr.
- avocado - 2 pcs.
- beets – 2 pcs.
- natural yogurt – 50 gr.
- dill
Cut all ingredients into approximately equal cubes. Place beets at the bottom of each glass, followed by avocado and herring on top. Top with yogurt. Of course, yogurt can be replaced with mayonnaise. Garnish with dill. It is advisable to cool the salad before serving.
I would like to offer another cool appetizer made from herring with avocado and beets.
Appetizer of herring with beets and avocado
Ingredients:
- herring – 1 pc.
- avocado - 1 pc.
- beets – 1 pc.
- red onion – ½ pc.
- tomato – 1 pc.
- lemon juice – 1 tbsp. l.
- mayonnaise - 50 gr.
- dill
In this appetizer, cut all the ingredients into thin slices. Slice the avocado and immediately pour lemon juice over it to prevent it from browning. Immediately place the appetizer on a serving plate. Place a thin layer of beets down, herring on top, grease with mayonnaise. The next layer is avocado, then a thinly sliced tomato slice. Lubricate with mayonnaise again and now place the appetizer in the reverse order - avocado, mayonnaise, herring, beets.
You can decorate the top with finely chopped avocado. Keep in the refrigerator until serving.
Fried herring
The most unexpected dish that I tried for the first time in Lithuania was fried herring. This dish is traditionally prepared for Christmas in the Baltics, Belarus and Poland.
Ingredients:
- herring – 4 pcs.
- onions – 3 pcs.
- lemon juice – 1 tbsp. l.
- breadcrumbs - 4 tbsp. l.
Remove the backbone and small bones from the salted herring fillet. Straighten the fillet, beat it lightly, roll in breadcrumbs and fry on both sides in sunflower oil until beautifully golden brown.
Cut the onion into thin slices and also fry in a frying pan.
When serving, place fried onions on the herring, pour over lemon juice, and garnish with a sprig of parsley.
Very tasty with oven-baked potatoes (in their jackets).
Snack cake
Herring cake is convenient in its presentation - there is both bread and herring at once, all that remains is to cut it into portions.
Ingredients:
- herring – 250 gr.
- red onion – 1 pc.
- rye bread - 400 gr.
- garlic – 4 cloves
- butter – 100 gr.
- Philadelphia cheese - 1 box
- sour cream – 200 gr.
- gelatin – 10 gr.
- salt, pepper to taste
- greens for decoration
We prepare the cake in stages. Grind the bread with a blender, add garlic passed through a press. Melt the butter, pour into the bread mixture and mix well. Place half of the bread mass in the cake pan, compact it a little and put it in the refrigerator.
Meanwhile, dissolve gelatin in warm water and cool slightly.
Cut the herring fillet and onion into small cubes, add sour cream, cream cheese, salt and pepper. Pour gelatin into this mass and stir well. Place half of the resulting cream in a mold on a bread base and place in the refrigerator to harden.
Repeat this again, i.e. Place the bread mass on top of the frozen cream, cool and cover with herring cream on top.
Decorate to your liking.
The next wonderful recipe that will decorate the holiday table is herring aspic.
Herring rolls in jelly
Ingredients:
- herring – 4 pcs. (you should get 6-8 rolls)
- onions – 2 pcs.
- carrots – 2 pcs.
- any vegetables - bell peppers, boiled cauliflower, chili tomatoes, green peas, etc.
- water – 1 liter
- sugar – 1 tbsp. l.
- gelatin – 2 tbsp. l.
- bay leaf – 3 pcs.
- black pepper pot
Pour 125 g of gelatin. warm water, let it swell. Then heat the gelatin until dissolved. Boil the remaining water, add sugar, bay leaf and pepper. Cut the carrots into slices and throw them into the boiling marinade. Cook for 5-7 minutes, pour in vinegar, gelatin, stir and cool.
This dish looks beautiful in a ring shape. Place herring rolls there. Place carrots, vegetables, and herbs between the herring. Pour over the cooled marinade and place in the refrigerator overnight.
I would like to finish the topic “Herring Dishes” with a very popular and favorite dish – mincemeat.
The cooking principle is simple: all ingredients are crushed using a blender or passed through a meat grinder the old fashioned way.
Forshmak from herring
Ingredients:
- herring – 2 pcs.
- onions – 1 pc.
- green apple – 1 pc.
- eggs – 2 pcs.
- loaf - 3 slices
- butter – 200 gr.
Boil the eggs first. Soften the butter to room temperature. Soak the loaf pieces in milk for 5 minutes. Cut the herring fillet and onion into small pieces. Pass everything through a meat grinder or grind with a blender. Place the resulting mincemeat on a plate and place in the refrigerator to cool.
Decorate with greens.
A video for preparing herring mincemeat to help you:
Herring dishes can become a real decoration for the holiday table. Look at these photos.
Did you like the herring dishes offered?
To prepare a holiday appetizer, we need large, fatty herring.
Cut off the herring head. Cut the belly and clean it.
We cut the fish lengthwise along the spine. Remove the seeds with tweezers. We will get 2 seedless herring fillets.
Place the fillet on cling film. We got herring with caviar. Caviar can also be used to prepare this appetizer. Cut the caviar lengthwise and place it on the herring.
Let's start preparing the filling. Pre-boil the carrots for 5-7 minutes, then place them under cold water. Cut peppers, onions, carrots, eggs into small cubes. Cut the cucumbers lengthwise into thin slices.
We dilute gelatin in 40 milliliters of hot water. Don't boil! When boiled, gelatin loses its properties. We filter. Combine gelatin with sour cream and mix thoroughly.
Gelatin and sour cream should stand for approximately 10 minutes until the mass begins to thicken. Lightly salt and pepper the resulting mixture of sour cream and gelatin, season with lemon juice to taste, add carrots, onions, peppers, eggs and herbs, mix. Apply half the mixture of sour cream and vegetables onto one herring fillet.
Place cucumber slices on top.
Spread the remaining mixture of sour cream and vegetables onto the cucumbers. Cover with the second fillet.
The next day, cut it and enjoy a very tasty, impressive herring appetizer. A wonderful dish for a holiday table!
Bon appetit!
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