Herring and Beetroot Salad

Name: Herring and Beetroot Salad
Ingredients: 3 medium boiled beetroots (beets), finely diced; 4 marinated herring fillets; 1 apple, sliced thinly into sticks; 4 spring onions (scallions), thinly sliced; 4 spring onions (scallions), thinly sliced; 200 g/7 oz baby beetroot (beet) leaves; sprigs of dill, to garnish; 5 ml/1 tsp creamed horseradish; 60 ml/4 tbsp sour cream; 15 ml/1 tbsp finely chopped fresh dill; salt and ground black pepper; salt and ground black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

By Silvena Johan Lauta

Published 2009

About

Marinated herring goes particularly well with the earthy taste of beetroot and the sweetness of apple in this quick salad. A creamy horseradish dressing makes the dish into the perfect appetizer.

Ingredients

3 medium boiled beetroots (beets), finely diced
4 marinated herring fillets
1 apple, sliced thinly into sticks

Starter
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Put the diced beetroot into a large bowl. Chop the herring fillets, removing all the bones, and add them to the beetroot. Add the apple and spring onions.

Per portion Energy 222kcal/935kJ; Protein 13.6g; Carbohydrate 21.8g, of which sugars 20.6g; Fat 9.3g, of which saturates 2g; Cholesterol 30mg; Calcium 153mg; Fibre 5g; Sodium 620mg.