Pickled Herring Salad Recipes

Steps:

• Combine cucumbers, tomatoes, and onion in a large glass mixing bowl.
• Stir vinegar and sugar together in a small saucepan over medium-low and bring to a boil; cook and stir until the sugar dissolves. Pour over the vegetable mixture. Marinate mixture in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• Stir the reserved liquid from the herring into the vegetable mixture. Fold herring into the vegetable mixture. Refrigerate 1 hour more before serving.

Steps:

• Soak the fillets in a bowl of cold water in the refrigerator for 12 to 24 hours.
• Change water twice.
• To make the pickling solution, combine water, vinegar, seasonings and sugar in a saucepan; bring to a boil.
• Stir to dissolve sugar; let cool.
• Rinse the fillets with cold water and pat dry with paper towels.
• Cut fish in 1-inch pieces removing bones.
• Peel and slice onion.
• Separate slices into rings.
• Arrange herring and onion rings in alternate layers in sterilized jars.
• Cover with pickling solution and cap.
• Refrigerate at least 3 days before serving.
• The herring will keep up to 3 weeks refrigerated.

Steps:

• Decorate an oblong dish with lettuce leaves.
• Peel, core and dice the apples.
• Mix immediately with the herring, add all other ingredients except the mayonnaise and garnish, and toss them together in the dressing.
• Spread the mixture evenly over the lettuce leaves, and cover generously with mayonnaise.
• Decorate with the garnish.
• For the garnish, chop the egg whites.
• Rub the yolks through a sieve.
• Scatter both on the mayonnaise with the slices of gherkin and parsley.

Steps:

• Whisk together vinegar, sugar, and salt until sugar is dissolved, then add oil in a slow stream, whisking.
• Arrange herring and beets on a platter and drizzle with half of vinaigrette.
• Toss watercress and endives with remaining vinaigrette, then mound over herring and beets.