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🍽️ Grandma's Herring Salad

659 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 4 Matjes double fillets
• 1 red onion
• 2 tart apples
• 2 pickles
• 100 g sour cream
• 100 g yogurt
• 50 g mayonnaise
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• salt
• 1 pinch sugar
• pepper
• 2 tbsp freshly chopped dill

Instructions

1. 1. Rinse the herring fillets briefly under running water.
2. 2. Pat the fillets dry gently with a kitchen towel.
3. 3. Cut the fillets into small, bite-sized pieces.
4. 4. Peel the onion.
5. 5. Dice the onion finely.
6. 6. Wash the apples.
7. 7. Peel the apples.
8. 8. Halve the apples.
9. 9. Remove the core from the apple halves.
10. 10. Cut the apple halves into fine cubes.
11. 11. Cut the gherkins into fine cubes as well.
12. 12. Set aside one to two tablespoons of the pickle juice.
13. 13. Stir the sour cream with the yogurt.
14. 14. Stir the mayonnaise into the cream-yogurt mixture.
15. 15. Add the reserved pickle juice.
16. 16. Add the lemon juice.
17. 17. Stir everything into a smooth sauce.
18. 18. Season the sauce with salt to your liking.
19. 19. Season the sauce with sugar to your liking.
20. 20. Season the sauce with pepper to your liking.
21. 21. Gently fold the herring into the sauce.
22. 22. Gently fold the dill into the sauce.
23. 23. Gently fold the apples into the sauce.
24. 24. Gently fold the onions into the sauce.
25. 25. Gently fold the gherkins into the sauce.
26. 26. Serve the herring salad with crispbread as desired.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 659
• Protein: 42 g · Fett/Fat: 47 g · Carbs: 18 g