Any housewife should know how to make a herring under a fur coat. it classic snack, without which it is impossible to imagine new Year's feast, known since the times of the USSR. Then it was prepared from special varieties of Iwashi herring. Today's abundance of groceries gives chances cooking masterpiece additives.

How to cook Herring salad under a fur coat

Anyone experienced chef it is known how to cook herring under a fur coat. This salad is simple but time consuming. For him, you will need to boil vegetables in a saucepan or double boiler, grind them on a grater or chop finely, cut the herring into slices and lay all the components in layers. Depending on preferences, the filling of the salad will change - you can remove or replace potatoes, onions, eggs or mayonnaise.

To make the salad the same as in childhood, you need to take quality fish... Salted herring should be fresh, firm, have spicy flavor... It will need to be cleaned of entrails, skin, fins, head and tail, and to separate the bones to make a fillet. If the fish contains caviar, remove it too: you can eat the delicacy separately. It is not recommended to buy pieces in brine, because with whole salted self-cut herring turns out to be much tastier.

Layers

The classic salad recipe assumes that the layers in the Herring under the fur coat will be arranged in this order:

• potatoes;
• herring;
• onion;
• carrot;
• beet;
• egg.

If desired, they can be repeated twice or three times, garnished with grated egg, cheese, herbs and mayonnaise on top. Each layer should be soaked in sauce, then the dish will turn out to be juicy, soft and aromatic. Traditional salad very high in calories - over 600 kcal per 100 grams. Therefore, you should not get carried away with it - it is better to eat a little for a holiday, enjoy familiar taste familiar snack.

How to decorate

There are many options for decorating Herring under a fur coat. Exquisite ways can be found on the photo on the Internet or show your imagination and come up with drawings yourself. Here are some options for designing a salad:

• make a mayonnaise mesh on the surface;
• sprinkle with chopped parsley, dill, walnuts;
• lay out the symbol of the coming year boiled quail eggs, carrots, yolks - the eyes of the animal will serve as olives or cloves, the mouth - bell pepper;
• lay out the salad in the shape of a fish, a hedgehog, a rose, Santa Claus;
• a rectangular appetizer looks beautiful and tasty, on which a spruce branch is laid out with parsley, decorated with "cones" of olives or olives, balls of red caviar, ribbons from stripes fresh cucumber and green onions (as in the photo);
• decorate salad green peas, onion rings, cabbage roses, lemon wedges.

Salad recipes Herring under a fur coat

Any housewife at least once in her life did the right Herring salad under a fur coat, so you should trust the experience of your friends and use proven recipes that differ in a balanced taste. If you want something new, you can find any recipe on the net, where detailed step-by-step instructions with photos and video tutorials are presented.

Classical

Most famous recipe a herring fur coat is traditional for many families who cook it for every New Year... The volume of the finished dish remains at the discretion of the hostess, but even if you make a lot of snacks, she will not lose taste the next day. On the contrary, being soaked overnight, the salad will become even tastier and more tender, so you can safely choose a fur coat for your first dinner in the coming year.

Ingredients:

• salted herring - 1 PC.;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• carrots - 3 pcs.;
• potatoes - 3 pcs.;
• beets - 2 pcs.;
• mayonnaise - 100 ml.

Cooking method:

1. Steam the vegetables.
2. Clean the fish from the head, tail, viscera, skeleton, large bones.
3. Cut the fillet into cubes, put on the bottom of a salad bowl, sprinkle with chopped onion, coarsely grated boiled carrots, pour with mayonnaise.
4. Lay coarsely grated potatoes on top, grease with mayonnaise mesh.
5. Then coarsely grated beets. Spread the mayonnaise in a thin layer.
6. Cool, let it brew in the refrigerator for 3 hours.

With egg

Herring under a fur coat with an egg turns out to be more delicate in taste, because the whites and yolks create a creamy-soft consistency. They can also be used to decorate the surface of the salad - draw strips or a net of crushed yolks. A slightly updated version of the appetizer is sure to please all guests, even conservatives, if you strictly follow step by step recipe.

Ingredients:

• onion - 1 pc.;
• herring - 0.4 kg;
• potatoes - 3 pcs.;
• beets - 4 pcs.;
• carrots - 4 pcs.;
• egg - 4 pcs.;
• mayonnaise - package.

Cooking method:

1. Boil vegetables and eggs. Cut herring into slices, potatoes, beets, grate carrots, chop onions.
2. Separate the whites from the yolks, grate each separately.
3. Lay out in layers, observing the order: first fish, then onions, potatoes, carrots, protein, beets, yolk. Grease each layer with mayonnaise.
4. Decorate the top with mayonnaise dots. Refrigerate before serving.

With apple

The spicy element of the Herring salad under a fur coat with an apple will be the addition of sweet and sour fruits. Thanks to them, a slight sourness is achieved, which goes well with boiled vegetables and salted fish, gives new shade taste. It is better to take green apples for the dish, which do not need to be peeled. For apples to retain their color, sprinkle them after rubbing lemon juice.

Ingredients:

• potatoes - 3 pcs.;
• carrots - 3 pcs.;
• beets - 2 pcs.;
• herring fillet - 0.35 kg;
• apple - 2 pcs.;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• mayonnaise - package.

Cooking method:

1. Boil vegetables in their uniform, pour over cold water for cooling. Then remove the peel, rub coarsely.
2. Cut the onion into rings, pour boiling water over for a couple of minutes to get rid of the bitterness.
3. Cut the fish into cubes, lay out in the first layer, sprinkle with onion rings, grease with mayonnaise.
4. Lay out the following layers, each covering with a net of mayonnaise: potatoes, then carrots, apples, beets.
5. Let it soak for several hours in the refrigerator.

The Herring salad under a fur coat roll looks original on the festive table, which can be cut in portions for a more refined serving and serving. The secret to preserving a dense texture that will not allow the salad to crumble is a fine grater. All vegetables need to be chopped very finely so that they give juice that will hold them together, but not allow them to stick together.

Ingredients:

• beets - 4 pcs.;
• carrots - 4 pcs.;
• potatoes - 3 pcs.;
• egg - 2 pcs.;
• herring fillet - 0.25 kg;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• mayonnaise - package.

Cooking method:

1. Boil vegetables, cool in the refrigerator for 2.5 hours. Peel, finely grate.
2. Squeeze the beets and carrots lightly to remove excess juice.
3. Chop the onion, cut the fish into cubes, mix with the onion.
4. Hard-boiled eggs, rub finely.
5. Put the beets on cling film, salt, tighten with your hands. Put carrots, potatoes, eggs on top.
6. Coat each layer with mayonnaise. Put the fish and onion mixture in the center with a strip.
7. Wrap the roll, pressing the edges well.
8. Place directly in the foil on the refrigerator shelf for 3 hours or overnight. Then remove the film from the salad.
9. Decorate with parsley, drops of mayonnaise. Cut into portions.

In lavash

Another exquisite option filing classic dish will become Herring under a fur coat in pita bread. So it is more convenient to eat it, as well as to control the size of portions, which are still higher in calories. Ideal for preparing a snack armenian lavash - it is thinner, but elastic; keeps its shape and does not break.

Ingredients:

• lavash - 3 sheets;
• beets - 2 pcs.;
• carrots - 2 pcs.;
• potatoes - 5 pcs.;
• herring fillet - 1 pc .;
• green onions - beam;
• mayonnaise - 100 ml.

Cooking method:

1. Boil vegetables in a uniform, peel off.
2. Mash the potatoes.
3. Cut each sheet of pita bread into 4 pieces.
4. Place a film under the first one, lubricate the surface mayonnaise sauce... Put coarsely grated beets on top, the second sheet, grease with mayonnaise again.
5. Then spread the finely grated carrots over the entire surface, covering the edges with the filling.
6. Put the third sheet of pita bread on top, coat with sauce, spread out the steep mashed potatoes.
7. Then roll up the short side. Wrap in plastic, twist the edges, leave to cool for half an hour.
8. Cut into 4 cm portions, put fish slices on top, chopped green onions.

Video

During cooking, many hostesses add something of their own, new, and in this way, we gradually move further and further from the original source.

Someone likes to add apples, someone prefers eggs, and someone likes cheese. But the taste of this favorite dish does not get any worse from this anyway, but only it acquires additional notes. Although sometimes I really want to cook that very classic version this dish, which inspired many housewives to experiment with various ingredients.

So, as you already understood that in today's article I will tell you how to properly cook a herring under a fur coat in a classic way and not only!

Ingredients:

• Herring fillet - 300 gr
• chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
• potatoes - 150 gr
• carrots - 150 gr
• beets - 150 gr
• mayonnaise to taste.

Cooking method:

To begin with, we need to boil the above vegetables and eggs, in their uniform, until cooked. Then peel and grate the potatoes and carrots on a medium grater, and rub the beets and eggs on coarse grater.

Cut the fish fillet into small squares and put it in the first layer in a suitable salad bowl.

The next is a layer of potatoes, which we cover well with mayonnaise.

Then comes the carrot layer.

Now we spread the beets, which we cover with mayonnaise on top.

Here is such, on the one hand, simple, and on the other, very tasty, we got a salad that can be used to decorate the table not only in holidays, but also on ordinary days.

Herring under a fur coat with an egg - Step-by-step recipe

Ingredients:

• Herring - 1 piece
• potatoes - 3 pieces
• carrots - 2 pieces
• egg - 2 pieces
• onion - 1 piece
• beets 1 large
• vinegar for the marinade - 1 tbsp. l
• mayonnaise and herbs to taste.

Cooking method:

First, peel and finely chop the onion, transfer it to a bowl, fill it completely with boiling water and pour in one tablespoon of vinegar. Then leave to marinate for 5-10 minutes.

The next step is to cut the herring fillet into small cubes, but if suddenly you come across bones, be sure to remove them.

Now we rub on a coarse grater boiled in salted water and peeled potatoes with carrots. And we also rub boiled bright burgundy, sweet beets.

Then, for decoration, rub on fine grater, separately boiled yolk and separately white.

Now that all the ingredients are prepared, we begin to collect the salad. And for this you need to prepare a salad bowl, but if one is not found, you can do it simply, fold the foil into a ring according to the desired diameter of your dish, and then we connect the layers in it.

Lay out the first layer over the entire area from herring.

Next comes the onion, which was pre-marinated and then squeezed out of excess moisture.

Behind it we spread a layer of potatoes, which we lightly press down with our hands and coat it with a thin layer of mayonnaise.

It remains only to lay out the beets, treat it well with mayonnaise, wrap it in cling film and put it in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours so that the salad is infused.

After the lapse of time, we take it out of the refrigerator, remove the film and foil rim from it. Decorate with grated eggs and herbs, and then serve!

Delicious herring under a fur coat with an egg

Ingredients:

• Herring - 400 gr
• chicken egg - 4 pieces
• potatoes - 3 pieces
• onion - 1 piece
• medium beets - 2 pieces
• carrots - 2 pieces
• mayonnaise - 250 gr.

Cooking method:

To begin with, boil, peel and grate all the vegetables and eggs indicated except onions. On great dish, first spread the fish cut into small pieces. Then comes the finely chopped onion. The third layer is grated potatoes. Then grease it evenly with mayonnaise. Put grated carrots and mayonnaise in the fifth layer. Now comes the rubbed egg and a layer of mayonnaise. Spread the beets in the ninth layer and process it well with mayonnaise, which we carefully level with a knife.

Then we wrap it in cling film and remove almost ready salad in the refrigerator so that it is infused and soaked, for 2-3 hours.

Then we serve the dish to the table!

Herring under a fur coat with an apple (video)

Very appetizing video recipe. Watch and cook this wonderful dish!

• It is better to use slightly salted herring, otherwise your salad will turn out to be salted. And if suddenly you have a very salted fish, in this case, you can soak it in milk, and then rinse it in running water and dry it well.
• We take potatoes for this dish not crumbly.
• We choose sweet varieties of beets, not fodder.
• Before adding to the salad, onions can be marinated in water with half a teaspoon of salt and the same amount (2 tbsp. l.) sugar and vinegar. But this procedure is not for everybody.
• In addition to the main ingredients, you can add to "Fur coat": apples, mushrooms, pickled cucumbers, processed cheese, green peas, nuts (but not all at once, but not more than one additional ingredient!). It turns out very tasty and original, but this is no longer classic recipe.
• If you want to replace classic herring other fish, in which case you can try lightly salted salmon or mackerel, it turns out an unusually tasty salad.

Enjoy your meal!!!

The salad “Herring under a fur coat” has been known to many for a long time. As a child, we got used to the fact that my mother prepared this delicious appetizer, which everyone simply devoured by both cheeks. Despite the fact that many other salads have appeared recently, herring under a fur coat is still in high demand.

At the same time, this appetizer can be made not only on the festive table, but also just for daily menu... Every self-respecting housewife should know correct preparation of this salad.

Before you start preparing this salad, you need to buy the main ingredient - herring. It is advisable to choose fatty, large fish. Fatty herring will make the salad nutritious and very juicy.

But it is important that the herring is properly cut, not a single bone should remain in it, because their presence will simply ruin the appetizer.

When cutting fish, you can use the following recommendations:

What is the sequence of layers in a salad?

Herring salad under a fur coat has been prepared since ancient times in the form of layers, which are pre-coated with mayonnaise. Layers are made from herring boiled potatoes, carrots, beets.

The order of the layers can be different. Everyone puts them in the way they like. You can put chopped herring first, then potatoes, carrots and beets. Sometimes half the potatoes are placed on the bottom, then the fish, another layer of potatoes, carrots and beets.

You can use one more interesting option stacking layers - repeating layers. In these cases, the layers of vegetables are placed in turn in the form of thin layers.

They can alternate with each other 2-3 times. With this method of styling, you can prepare a delicious and most importantly airy salad.

Classic step by step recipe

What ingredients will be needed:

• one herring fillet;
• two carrots;
• potatoes - 4 pieces;
• onion - 1 piece;
• one medium beet;
• chicken egg - 1 piece;
• mayonnaise.

Cooking time - 1.5 hours.

Calorie content - 210 kcal.

How to do classic salad "Herring under a Fur Coat":

1. Rinse the potatoes and carrot roots thoroughly from dirt;
2. Next, put the vegetables in a saucepan, fill with cold water, add salt and set to boil until tender;
   
3. We wash the beets, place them in a separate saucepan and set them to simmer;
4. Place the egg in a saucepan with water, add salt and boil until steep;
5. In the meantime, we are preparing the herring. The fish must be well rinsed and cleaned of the entrails;
6. Next, we clean the fish from bones, skins;
7. Cut the fillet into small pieces;
   
8. As soon as the vegetables are ready, they need to be taken out of the water and peeled;
9. We wipe the potatoes on a fine grater;
   
10. Put finely chopped herring on the bottom of the salad bowl;
11. Peel the onion head and chop it into small pieces;
    
12. Put the onion on top of the herring and grease with mayonnaise;
13. Put potatoes on top of the herring and also coat with mayonnaise;
14. Peel the carrots and three fine graters;
    
15. We spread the grated carrots on top of the potatoes, grease the layer well;
16. We peel the egg and wipe it on a fine grater;
    
17. We spread the grated egg on the carrots;
18. When the beets are ready, they need to be removed from the water, peeled and rubbed on a fine grater;
    
19. We spread the last layer of beets, grease it well with mayonnaise;
20. Leave the salad to stand for 5-6 hours so that all layers are well saturated.
    

Apple salad option

For cooking, you will need the following components:

• herring - one fillet;
• one medium beet;
• 3-4 potato tubers;
• 2 apple fruits;
• two carrot roots;
• onion - 1 piece;
• packaging of mayonnaise.

Cooking time - 1 hour 30 minutes.

Caloric content - 195 kcal.

The classic recipe for herring salad under a fur coat with apples in stages:

Favorite salad roll

For cooking, you will need the following components:

• one herring;
• one beet root vegetable;
• 4 potatoes;
• 2 chicken eggs;
• bow - 1 head;
• two carrot roots;
• mayonnaise for smearing.

Cooking period - 1 hour 40 minutes.

Caloric content - 215 kcal.

How to cook a herring under a fur coat roll according to the classic recipe:

Salad design ideas unexpected for guests

In order for the salad to turn out not only tasty, but also very beautiful, it is imperative to be able to arrange and serve it. This will help several ways of design, presented below.

Fish shaped

To decorate the salad, cut the beets into half rings, and the carrots into small strips. On top we lay out the beet half rings in the form of fins. Form the fins, tail and mouth of the fish from the carrot strips. Eyes can be made from boiled egg whites with the addition of small circles of olives.

Clock

This option for decorating a herring under a fur coat is the simplest. The salad is made in a round salad bowl. Then small circles are cut out of the beets, there should be 12 of them in total. We lay them out along the edge in a circle.

On the circles we write Roman or ordinary numbers from 1 to 12 with mayonnaise. The arrows can also be cut from beets. This design option will be perfect for the new year.

Herringbone

This option can also be used for new Year's table... A herringbone stencil should be cut out of paper. We spread the stencil on the surface of the salad in the center and sprinkle the entire surface, except for the stencil, with chopped herbs. Next, remove the Christmas tree and fill it with rubbed egg white and yolk.

• when preparing salad, be sure to grease all layers with mayonnaise. The more mayonnaise, the more nutritious and tasty the salad will be;
• when cutting fish, it is necessary to completely remove all bones and remove the skin;
• it is better to wipe all vegetables on a fine grater. This will make the salad more fluffy;
• upward, you can decorate with mashed yolk and chopped herbs.

Herring under a fur coat is excellent appetizerthat has always been and will remain traditional treat festive table. It can be cooked different ways... Each layer complements each other and makes the salad nutritious, fluffy and delicious.

Another detailed step-by-step recipe for making herring under a fur coat is in the next video.

Salad variations delicious herring under a fur coat currently exists great amount, but how to choose the one that can rightfully be called the most delicious of them? Easily! Here they are all collected! The most original, extraordinarily appetizing and exquisite. A delicious recipe for herring under a fur coat can both surprise and delight guests at the table.

Cook ! Even the simplest dish in original filing, for example, or - will decorate not only the dining, but also the festive table!

Delicious herring under a fur coat

The most juicy and original version - this is, of course, delicious herring under a fur coat. It is not for nothing that everyone loved the salad so much and took root so much. A rich dish with a pleasant and delicate taste, which simply amazingly transforms even ordinary root crops.

To make a very tasty fur coat salad you need:

• 1 herring;
• 2 potatoes;
• 1 onion;
• 3 chicken eggs;
• 2 carrots;
• 2 beets;
• 200 gr. mayonnaise;
• 20 gr. vinegar.

How to cook deliciously herring under a fur coat:

1. The herring must be prepared in advance, separated from the head, removed all the insides, cut off the skin and selected all the bones. Only cut the fillet already obtained in the end into tiny cubes.
2. Root vegetables are washed, boiled, then cooled and cleaned, grinded.
3. The onions are peeled, chopped very finely and poured with vinegar, in which they leave for at least ten minutes.
4. Eggs are boiled and then poured with cold water, in which they are forced to cool. Then peel and grate, like vegetables.
5. Each layer of the future salad is greased with mayonnaise.
6. Potatoes are first put in a salad bowl, and then onions and herring.
7. Eggs are placed on the herring, followed by carrots.
8. Finish the composition with beets.
9. The dish must be insisted in the refrigerator for a couple of hours and only after that it is served on the table.

Tip: It is not necessary to wash the grater after each product. It is enough just to follow the correct sequence, and the components will not be stained. First - potatoes, then eggs, carrots and beets. The grater will have to be washed only after the last component. It seems to be a trifle, but cooking is a little faster and easier.

Herring under a fur coat the most delicious recipe

The most delicious herring under a fur coat, in which there is an apple, is truly exquisite. It seems to be the most ordinary, unremarkable fruit, but it is this component that makes the dish especially tender and juicy, with pleasant sourness and a gentle crunch.

You will need:

• 1 herring;
• 2 potatoes;
• 3 chicken eggs;
• 1 beet;
• 1 apple;
• 1 onion;
• 200 gr. mayonnaise.

How to cook delicious herring under a fur coat:

1. Potatoes and all other root vegetables are washed and boiled in plain water... After cooking, they freeze and clean, grind with a grater.
2. Eggs are also boiled by dipping in cold water freeze and grind on a grater.
3. The fish is cut, the head is cut off, the giblets are taken out, the skin is removed and the bones are removed. Only then are the fillets cut into small pieces.
4. Peel the apple, remove the seeds, cut into small cubes.
5. It remains only to collect the salad, treating each layer with mayonnaise.
6. The first is potatoes, followed by fish and onions.
7. Further, carrots, apples and eggs.
8. Beets are added last to the dish.
9. If desired ready meal you can decorate and let it brew in the refrigerator for at least two hours.

Important! Vegetables should be chopped as small as possible, this will make the "Fur coat" much more tender. But apples are better cut, not grated.

Recipe for delicious herring under a fur coat

There seems to be nothing to surprise the skilled hostesses with. Well, what else can you think of to make "Fur coat" special, exquisite and original? It turns out that there is still room for those who like to experiment. One of the latest innovations is a salad in the form of a roll.

You will need:

• 2 beets;
• 1 carrot;
• 2 potatoes;
• 100 g cheese;
• 150 gr. mayonnaise;
• 1 herring;
• 5 gr. gelatin.

The most delicious recipe for herring under a fur coat:

1. Gelatin must be dissolved in 50 grams of water and held in a water bath until it is completely dissolved. In this case, be sure to follow. To keep the liquid from boiling.
2. After steaming, the liquid is mixed with mayonnaise.
3. Root vegetables are washed, boiled, then cooled, peeled and rubbed.
4. The herring is freed from the skin and seeds, finely chopped.
5. The future salad begins to spread on the plastic wrap laid out on the table.
6. The first is a mixture of beets and mayonnaise with gelatin.
7. Next, add a layer of cheese, also mixed with mayonnaise and gelatin.
8. All subsequent layers in area should be slightly smaller than their predecessor.
9. Be sure to add a mixture made from gelatin to each layer.
10. Queue for potatoes and carrots.
11. The herring is added behind the carrots.
12. At the end, the products on the film are twisted in such a way that a roll is obtained and it is transferred to the refrigerator for several hours.
13. When the required period of time has been sustained, the roll is taken out, the film is removed from it, and the dish is cut into portions.

Delicious herring under a fur coat recipe

Fried mushrooms, if used for making "Fur coat" are able to surprise with their taste absolutely everyone. Such a dish turns out to be simply insanely tasty, nutritious and very delicious.

You will need:

• 300 gr. champignons;
• 1 onion;
• 2 potatoes;
• 3 chicken eggs;
• 50 gr. green onions;
• 2 pickled cucumbers;
• 100 g cheese;
• 200 gr. mayonnaise.

The most delicious herring under a fur coat recipe:

1. The onion is peeled and chopped.
2. The mushrooms are sorted out, washed and cut into small pieces. Then the mass is mixed with onions and fried in a pan.
3. Fried and cooled mushrooms are laid out in a salad bowl in the first layer.
4. The potatoes are boiled, cooled and peeled. Then rub it on a grater and cover with the resulting mass of mushrooms, be sure to soak in mayonnaise.
5. The cucumbers are rubbed, squeezed with high quality and spread on potatoes.
6. Eggs are boiled, forcibly cooled, peeled and laid out next. The layer needs to be lubricated.
7. Rub the cheese and cover all the products.
8. It remains only to chop the herbs, decorate the dish and let the salad infuse.

Tip: you can choose absolutely any cheese for this dish. It can be melted, and hard, and smoked, and even feta cheese.

Herring under a fur coat delicious recipe

Another delicacy that makes the dish special, incredible bright taste - red fish. With her, perhaps anyone culinary creation will become special, memorable.

You will need:

• 100 g red fish;
• 1 onion;
• 1 beet;
• 2 potatoes;
• 1 carrot;
• 2 garlic cloves;
• 100 g mayonnaise;
• 30 gr. dill.

Tasty herring under a fur coat recipe:

1. All vegetables must be washed and boiled separately from each other. Cool and peel after cooking. Then grate using a grater for this purpose.
2. Free the fish from the seeds, finely chop the fillet. Mix the chopped mass with very finely chopped herbs and garlic chopped with a press.
3. The onion must be peeled and chopped.
4. Place the fish first in a salad bowl and cover with a layer of onions, which, like all subsequent ones, must be soaked in mayonnaise sauce.
5. Then add carrots and potatoes.
6. The finishing layer will be beets, as in any traditional recipe.
7. If you wish, you can decorate the appetizer with herbs and pieces of vegetables.

Tip: to add a special touch to the dish, you can use not boiled carrotsand cooked in Korean. It is in this version that the delicate "Fur coat" will be transformed, will acquire spicy taste, which cannot be compared with the original.

The most delicious herring under a fur coat in any version is very refined. There is no limit to the hostesses' fantasies, and they come up with more and more recipes, thanks to which it becomes possible to satisfy the most sophisticated needs.

One of the most important dishes of any New Year's festive table is puff salad, Herring under a Fur Coat. According to the classic recipe, it is prepared in layers soaked in mayonnaise from: potatoes, onions, carrots, beets and, of course, the herring itself. There are various variations of this dish with the addition of apple or cheese, but today we will cook the very same classic herring under a fur coat familiar to us from childhood.

The main ingredient is, of course, the herring itself or its fillet. I prefer to use, so to speak, natural product, and not a semi-finished product, because the more energy and soul you put into the dish, the tastier it turns out.

The herring must be cut, bones removed and cut into small pieces as in the photo.

Boil the vegetables in their uniforms for about half an hour, until they become soft enough.

Peeling beets, potatoes and carrots is very easy, you don't even need a knife.

Put the potatoes in the first layer. To do this, grind it on a medium grater and distribute it in an even layer, and then grease it with mayonnaise. Here it is necessary to make a small clarification, if you use a little mayonnaise, then the layers: potatoes, carrots and beets need to be slightly salted - I did just that.

Put finely chopped onions on a potato pillow and also coat with mayonnaise.

The next layer is the cooked herring fillet, which must be spread over the onion in an even layer.

Boiled carrots, as well as potatoes, are rubbed on a medium grater, put on top of the herring and coat with mayonnaise.

The final layer is grated beets, which must also be soaked with mayonnaise and smoothed as in the photo. It is best to use a regular tablespoon for leveling.

So we have prepared our real herring under a fur coat, which is not a shame to serve to anyone festive table, and especially in the New Year. Enjoy your meal!