Herring, apple and radish salad
2 servings
40 minutes
Salad with herring, apple, and radish is an amazing combination of traditional Russian cuisine and refreshing taste contrasts. Historically, herring has been an integral part of Russian feasts, and its salty-oily flavor harmonizes perfectly with the sweet-sour apple and crunchy radish. The addition of pickled cucumbers and fragrant dill adds zest to the salad, while the sour cream dressing softens and unites all ingredients into a single gastronomic pleasure. The dish is perfect as an appetizer for a festive table or as a light dinner on its own. Serving the salad chilled enhances its flavor notes even further, making each forkful rich and balanced.
1
Finely chop the onion. Cut the herring and cucumbers into cubes. Grate the apple and radish on a coarse grater. Squeeze the radish through cheesecloth. Finely chop the dill.
- Red onion: 1 piece
- Lightly salted herring: 200 g
- Marinated cucumbers: 2 pieces
- Apple: 1 piece
- Radish: 6 pieces
- Dill: 2 sprigs
2
Mix sour cream with dill and ground black pepper, add onion and apple, and stir.
- Sour cream: 100 g
- Dill: 2 sprigs
- Ground black pepper: pinch
- Red onion: 1 piece
- Apple: 1 piece
3
Layer the salad: radish, cucumber, sour cream with apples and onions, herring. Then sour cream with apples and onions, cucumber, radish. It's recommended to keep the salad in the fridge for a couple of hours before serving. Garnish with dill when serving.
- Radish: 6 pieces
- Marinated cucumbers: 2 pieces
- Sour cream: 100 g
- Apple: 1 piece
- Red onion: 1 piece
- Lightly salted herring: 200 g
- Sour cream: 100 g
- Apple: 1 piece
- Red onion: 1 piece
- Marinated cucumbers: 2 pieces
- Radish: 6 pieces
- Dill: 2 sprigs