Ingredients:

2 filet salted herring
2 potatoes
4 carrots
2 beets
2 eggs
1/2 cup green onion, finely chopped
1 cup mayonnaise


Prepare this salad the night before you plan to serve it!

Boil vegetables together in one pan until they are fork tender, let them cool till room temperature and peel. Hard boil the eggs.

  1. Cut herring meat into little pieces (check for bones).
  2. On a plate, grate boiled potato on big slots of grater and form thin layer (about 1/3inch) in the middle of the plate.
  3. Spread mayonnaise evenly on top in a thin layer. Use a fork to even the layers.
  4. Then make a layer of herring. Sprinkle chopped green onions on herring layer.
  5. Spread mayonnaise evenly on top in a thin layer.
  6. Add another layer of the carrots, grate and spread evenly.
  7. Sprinkle chopped green onions.
  8. Spread mayonnaise evenly on top in a thin layer. Use a fork to even the layers.
  9. Next layer is the beets grate and spread evenly.
  10. On top pour mayonnaise (spread evenly, cover well).
  11. Grate the eggs, scatter over the top. Garnish with chopped green onions or dill.

Interesting information: https://blogs.uoregon.edu/tasteofrussia/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page

Recipe was adapted from: http://www.grabandgorecipes.com/russian-herring-layered-salad/