Herring under a fur coat for New Year 2021: the simplest and most delicious salad recipes, photo design ideas

Boil vegetables together

Vegetables for herring under a fur coat, like eggs, need to be cooked separately. The only exception is that you can boil potatoes and carrots together; their cooking time is approximately the same. But it is better to cook beets separately from other vegetables, it will color them, and the salad will not turn out beautiful, with clearly visible layers.

You can read how to prepare vegetables for New Year's salads here >> and here >>

“Vegan herring under a fur coat”

Photo: Press service of Gayane’s restaurant
Recipe by Gayane Breiova, brand chef and owner of Gayane’s restaurant

• 70 g beets
• 60 g Jerusalem artichoke
• 1 sheet of nori seaweed
• 60 g carrots
• 20 ml lemon juice
• Parsley
• Green onions
• 1 tbsp. l. olive oil
• 40 g cashew cheese
• 20 g soy sprouts
• pollen

Step 1. Peel the vegetables and wash them.

Step 2. Grate carrots and Jerusalem artichokes on a fine grater into a container.

Step 3. We also grate the beets on a fine grater - separately.

Step 4. Add salt and pepper. Sprinkle the resulting mass with lemon juice.

Step 5. Add ½ part of cashew cheese to the container with carrots and pears, mix and place on a plate in a chef's ring.

Step 6. Soak finely chopped nori seaweed in water.

Step 7. Place on a ring and sprinkle with finely chopped parsley and green onions.

Step 8. Place the rest of the cheese and grated beets on top.

Bad herring

Barrel herring is dense, elastic, and not too salty. But it needs to be cleaned. Therefore, cooks often want to save time and effort and buy already cut fillets in oil. Unfortunately, such herring is often too loose and soaked in oil. In addition, such fillets are often treated with chemicals to bleach and soften the bones. Therefore, if you want to get a good salad, it is better to buy barrel-salted herring at the market or in a store in vacuum packaging, whole, with skin, head and giblets.

You can read more about how to buy barrel herring here >>

Very tasty Shuba with salmon (with red fish) for the New Year's table 2021

A savory snack cake with salmon is a real culinary masterpiece that anyone can prepare. Prepare it just once, and it will definitely be present at every holiday. From the simplest ingredients you will get a good, juicy and tasty snack that melts in your mouth. It will not leave anyone indifferent, it will immediately conquer even the most sophisticated gourmets, and the hostess will bask in praise and applause.

Product set:

• 300 grams of lightly salted red fish;
• 400 grams of boiled potatoes, beets and carrots;
• 2 hard-boiled eggs;
• 150 grams of mayonnaise;
• a bunch of green onions.

Cooking principle:

1. Since we will be preparing the salad in layers, it is best to collect it in a ring or in a transparent bowl with high sides. We will form the bottom layer from grated beets, this way the remaining products will not be colored, and the snack will look elegant. We level the beets placed on the bottom (without compacting them!) and grease them with mayonnaise.

2. Next, lay out a layer of carrots coated with mayonnaise. This is followed by a layer of grated potatoes, also soaked in mayonnaise. The top is sprinkled with finely chopped white part of the green onion, which is first sprinkled with grated white, and only then the yolk is used.

3. Next we take on the fish. The top of the cake can be decorated with fillet roses, you can simply cut the fish into cubes and cover the top of the salad, or decorate the middle of the snack with roses, and cover the sides with cubes and sprinkle all this beauty with chopped green onions.

4. Now let the salad soak in mayonnaise for 2-3 hours. If the beets give juice, you need to carefully collect it with a napkin, and only then remove the ring from the cake.

Too much mayonnaise

Mayonnaise is one of the important ingredients. “Shuba” without it will have a completely different taste. Therefore it is necessary. But not in huge quantities. Housewives often fill each layer with a large amount of mayonnaise, since it seems that it will not be able to saturate the layer if there is not enough of it. But he can.

If the salad literally swims in mayonnaise, then you will not feel any other taste other than Provençal. Therefore, it is better to use the sauce sparingly.

If you have doubts that the layers will be saturated, you can season each layer separately with mayonnaise (a small amount), mix, and then lay the layers in the usual order.

You can dilute the mayonnaise with natural yogurt or sour cream, adding a little salt and mustard. This will reduce the fat and calorie content of the salad.

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Herring under a fur coat without layers

Photo: Krendel gastropub
Recipe by Dmitry Kuklev, chef of the Krendel gastropub

• 50 g herring
• 50 g baked potatoes
• 30 g baked carrots
• 50 g baked beets
• 1 boiled egg
• 30 g mayonnaise
• 5 g parsley
• 40 g phyllo dough
• 5 g pickled onions
• 1 boiled yolk

Step 1. Sprinkle the chicken yolk with salt in advance (12 hours) until it is salted and becomes hard.

Step 2. Bake vegetables with salt and vegetable oil in foil at 180 degrees for 40 minutes, cool and grate.

Step 3. Grate the egg on a coarse grater, add mayonnaise, chopped herring and parsley.

Step 4. Mix everything and let it brew for several hours.

Step 5. Bake the phyllo dough in a silicone semicircular mold for 2 minutes at 180 degrees.

Step 6. Place the prepared salad in a mold, rub salted yolk on top and garnish with pearl onions.

Layer order

“Shuba” is a salad that involves a certain amount of creativity; you can add ingredients, for example, you often add an apple. You can experiment with sauces, adding anchovies or capers to mayonnaise, for example. Layers can also be swapped. But the herring needs to be placed on the bottom, and the beets on the top. If you put these layers side by side, they will not harmonize and the salad will be ruined.

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How to make a classic herring under a fur coat in a new way

Consistently delicious herring salad in a new, spectacular design with roses. As soon as I saw this design, I couldn’t take my eyes off the photo. I can imagine what impression it will make on the guests when it is already on the table.

I took note of this culinary masterpiece by posting the recipe on this page. I will surprise my friends with a new fur coat with roses. If you, dear readers, have already prepared such a snack, share your impressions.

What ingredients will be needed:

• 3 potatoes;
• 1 herring;
• 3 eggs;
• 2 carrots;
• 2 pcs
• 2 beets;
• 400 grams of mayonnaise;
• 1 onion;

For the marinade:

• 1 tbsp. l. wine vinegar;
• a pinch of salt;
• sugar;

For the pancake batter:

• 130 ml milk;
• 1 egg;
• 80 g flour;
• 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• 1/2 tsp. salt;
• 1 tsp. Sahara;
• 20 ml beet juice;

Filling:

• 1 beet;
• 1 processed cheese;
• 2 cloves of garlic;

Preparation:

The basis of the salad remains unshakable and consists of a well-known set of products.

Cut the onion into small cubes. To remove the bitterness from it, prepare a marinade for the onions from a tablespoon of wine vinegar, 3 tbsp. l. water, a pinch of salt and sugar. Pour in the onion and leave for a few minutes.

• Lay the first layer of potatoes. Flatten it and add a little salt. Cover with a thin mesh of mayonnaise.
• 2nd from herring. Cut it into cubes. Place on potatoes and press down lightly.
• 3rd. Drain the marinade from the onions and sprinkle it on top of the fish. Cover it with a mesh of mayonnaise.
• 4th and 5th layers. From grated eggs and carrots. For each, draw a thin grid with mayonnaise.
• 6th - from beets. Lay it out on the surface and press down lightly. Apply mayonnaise and spread it with a spoon.

The classic base of the Fur coat is ready. You can put it in the refrigerator so that the food begins to soak in the mayonnaise.

In the meantime, let's start preparing pancakes. Break the egg into a deep bowl. Add salt and sugar. Add milk and stir. Add beet juice for coloring. Gradually add flour and mix

To avoid lumps in the dough, it is convenient to sift it through a sieve.

Add a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil. The beautiful dough is ready. Grease a heated frying pan with vegetable oil and bake regular pancakes. This amount of dough makes 3 pancakes.

Making the filling for the pancakes. Add garlic to the grated beets. It can be passed through a spade. If you don't like the spicy taste, reduce the amount or eliminate it completely. Mix in finely grated shavings of processed cheese. Add mayonnaise and mix everything.

Divide the resulting beetroot and cheese mass into three parts. Place on pancakes and smooth over the entire surface. Roll up the roll. Cut the rolls into pieces, the length should be about 3 cm.

We form roses out of them. To do this, on the opposite side, you need to slightly squeeze the middle of the roll up. We decorate the salad with flowers, pressing them a little into the surface so that they stick well.

We place small sprigs of dill between the roses. We remove the ring. Thus, you can come up with any design for the classic base, made of layers of fish and vegetables (change an old fur coat for a new one). Beauty, and that's all!

Layers in order of apple salad

An apple is the ingredient that will add piquancy and slight sourness to a delicate salad. This recipe does not contain eggs. This reduces calories. So, to prepare herring under a fur coat with an apple we need:

• 1 large herring;
• 2 pcs. beets;
• 2 sour apples;
• 2 pcs. potatoes;
• 2 pcs. bulbs;
• vinegar (for pickling onions);
• 2 pcs. carrots;
• mayonnaise.

What we do:

1. Wash the potatoes, carrots and beets and put them in cold water. Cook over medium heat until done.
2. While the vegetables are cooking, peel the onion and chop it as finely as possible. Pour vinegar for 10 minutes, then drain and rinse with cold water (to get rid of excess acid).
3. Remove the skin from the herring, separate the fillet from the backbone and remove excess bones, chop finely.
4. Peel boiled and completely cooled vegetables and grate them into separate bowls.
5. We take a beautiful salad bowl and lay out the chopped herring fillet as the first layer.
6. Top with onion and a little mayonnaise.
7. Next - boiled potatoes, lightly salt and coat them as well.
8. Grate the apple on a coarse grater and place it on the potatoes. There is no need to lubricate the apple layer with mayonnaise.
9. Next, add the carrots, salt and coat with sauce.
10. Then beets and a generous amount of mayonnaise.
11. Place the prepared salad in the refrigerator for 2 hours to soak.

To prevent the apples from oxidizing and acquiring an unsightly shade, they must be grated strictly before assembling the salad.

Classic recipe for fur coats with cucumbers

Another bright, festive salad. What's new in this option? You can immediately see from the photo that it is designed in the form of a cake. Colourful, admirable. But it differs slightly from the classic one in its composition. In addition to the usual ingredients, it contains pickles. Instead of 6 components, there are 7 of them.

We have to:

• 2 beets;
• 3 potatoes;
• 300 g herring fillet;
• 1 onion;
• 2 pickled cucumbers;
• 3 carrots;
• 3 eggs;
• mayonnaise to taste;
• salt pepper;

Preparation:

Boil vegetables and eggs until tender, cool and peel. Before cutting them into a salad, remove 2-3 thin strips from carrots and beets with a vegetable peeler. By twisting them into a roll, we form flowers to decorate the finished product.

Then we continue cutting and shredding the prepared ingredients.

Place the potatoes on a flat dish and cover them with mayonnaise. This is followed by a layer of chopped herring with onions. Place pickled cucumbers on the onion and draw a mayonnaise net over the cucumbers. We also cover the carrots with a thin layer of sauce.

We make a thick dressing from beets, covering the salad not only on top, but also on the sides. Slam it well on all sides. Immediately straighten the shape, giving the dish the outline of an even circle.

Typically, beets contain a lot of juice. To prevent the salad from dripping, place the grated root vegetable in a colander to drain excess juice.

Apply mayonnaise to the beet coat and sprinkle with egg shavings.

The dish is almost ready. All that remains is to arrange the prepared roses and green parsley leaves.

How to choose the right herring

There are several proven ways to choose the best herring. First of all - appearance.

What exactly you need to pay attention to:

1. Gills . They should be dark red, not brown.
2. Eyes . If you want to choose lightly salted herring, the eyes should be red.
3. Mouth . Males have a narrower and elongated mouth, while females have a round mouth. It is believed that male fish are more fleshy, while females give all their strength to their offspring, and there will be less pulp there.
4. Carcass . When pressed, it should be elastic and not fall apart. There should be no marks or dents left in the areas of pressure. Fresh herring should not have salt stains or stains. And the brine should remain light.

If the fish is covered with a white coating, then most likely the salting conditions were violated.

And one more trick that will help you choose the right salting herring. The cloudier the herring's eyes, the deeper the salting, so for salads it is better not to take ready-made fillets, but to choose them yourself.

Lightly salted herring

The “skin” of properly salted fish will never burst. If there is still damage, then the herring is most likely spoiled. And its structure was disrupted due to very specific chemical processes, which caused “post-mortem wounds.” You cannot buy such fish. To reassure yourself, you should also take a sniff; the spoiled smell will most likely confirm this assumption.

Delicious salad under a fur coat with egg

Today, few people can be surprised by this dish, but nevertheless I will try, since this recipe has its own trick, which you will learn about in the recipe. So, read more carefully and you will get perhaps the most delicious salad that will be swept off the table in a matter of minutes!

We will need:

• Herring - 2 pcs.
• Beets (small) - 5 pcs.
• Potatoes (medium size) - 5 pcs.
• Carrots (large) - 1 pc.
• Eggs - 4-5 pcs.
• Onion - 2 pcs.
• Salt
• Vinegar
• Mayonnaise

Layer by layer. Lay out the ingredients correctly

The classic step-by-step recipe for “Herring under a fur coat” requires precise adherence to certain rules. First of all, beets play a huge role in the taste of the salad. If it is bitter or too sweet, it will give its own “shade” to the taste.

If you plan to use the “Shuba” recipe with an egg, then you should not buy herring in oil. Everyone knows that vegetable oil and this chicken product do not go together. Then it is better to take whole salted fish.

In a “good” recipe for “Herring under a fur coat,” the layers go in a clear order. This way, the products will better saturate each other, imparting a unique flavor.

Layers of salad “Herring under a fur coat”

The order of layers is usually like this:

• the bottommost layer is the onion. Some housewives pickle it. To do this, you need to take equal proportions of water and 9% vinegar. Pour in the diced onion and leave for an hour;
• herring. Sometimes it is allowed to lay it down, but in this case it is not always convenient to remove it. Therefore, one of the vegetable layers usually “covers” it from below;
• boiled potatoes;
• carrot;
• eggs;
• mayonnaise again;
• beet;
• final mayonnaise;
• greenery;
• A sprig of parsley and half an egg can serve as a classic decoration.

New coat for herring in the shape of a strawberry

Incredibly beautiful and delicious snack in the form of strawberries. It turns out that these are new clothes for the salad. Chopped fish pieces are mixed with chopped egg and onion. It turns out to be a kind of minced meat, which is covered with a coat made from a mixture of beets and potatoes.

What we need:

• 1 herring fillet;
• 1 large beet (or 2 medium);
• 2 potato tubers;
• 3 eggs;
• 1 onion;
• sesame seeds (for decoration);
• a bunch of parsley sprigs;

Cooking process:

Cut the fillet into pieces. Boil the vegetables, peel them and use a large-mesh grater.

Mix beets with potatoes and turn into a homogeneous mass. In another cup, mix herring, onion and eggs. Add a little mayonnaise to this mass. This will be the filling.

We begin to sculpt the berries. Place a tablespoon of beetroot mass in your palm. Using a spoon, spread it into a flat cake with a small indentation in the middle. Place a teaspoon of filling in the cavity. We pinch the edges and form a strawberry.

Now we apply sesame seeds to the surface of the berries. To do this, use a moistened finger to pick up one seed and transfer it to the surface of the berry. We attach a parsley leaf - and here we have a strawberry in its glory!

Examples of original salad design

“Herring under a fur coat” itself is a completely traditional recipe. However, the serving options make this dish the highlight of any celebration. How to decorate “Herring under a fur coat”, we present photos of the most interesting options below.

“Herring under a fur coat” in roses

“Herring under a fur coat” in a roll

“Herring under a fur coat” with pomegranate in the shape of a herringbone

Sometimes you can see such paintings and photographs:

“Herring under a fur coat” with the image of Red Square

“Herring under a fur coat” with a picture of a forest

Shaped like a fish

What kind of fur coats did the housewives “sew” for their herring masterpieces? These “Herrings under a fur coat” in the form of fish often decorate Russian feasts. Craftswomen repeat fish forms in different variations.

And the most skillful ones use gelatin in recipes.

Herring under a fur coat" in gelatin

Heart shaped

Very often salads are created in different forms. For example, this design is quite suitable for a relationship anniversary or Valentine’s Day.

In the form of a cake

And this salad design will outshine any classic cake.

In the form of a roll - step-by-step recipe

Very often, craftswomen resort to such a spectacular presentation form as a salad in the form of a “Herring under a fur coat” roll. The order of the layers here is the same, however, each one needs to be pressed and excess moisture should be avoided. To do this, boiled vegetables are often squeezed through a cloth.

Step-by-step cooking recipe:

This roll will be a wonderful decoration for any holiday table.

In potato boats - step-by-step recipe

Here’s another example of how you can make a real masterpiece from ordinary ingredients. It is very important to use warm potatoes in this recipe.

The cooking procedure is as follows:

Other design options

Russian craftswomen do not come up with any variations in salad design. Here, for example, are New Year's options.

“Herring under a fur coat” New Year’s

Elegant salad roll “Herring under a fur coat”

Even a child will appreciate this design.

"Herring under a fur coat" in the form of Spider-Man

Cooking instructions

Wash the large beets, not peeled, fill them with water so that it completely covers the vegetable, and cook until tender. The liquid boils away during cooking, so add as needed. Cool and clean the finished root vegetable.

Wash large potatoes and carrots and cook in their skins in one pan for about 30 minutes. After cooling, clean it.

We check the finished herring fillet for the presence of bones; if there are any, remove them using culinary tweezers, cut them arbitrarily, but finely.

Place 1/5 of the finely chopped herring on the bottom of perfectly clean bowls and carefully distribute.

The layers must be assembled so that the ingredients do not come into contact with the walls of the bowls, then the dish will turn out neat and beautiful.

Peel the onion (you can take red one with a more delicate taste), chop it, divide it into 5 equal parts and place it on the chopped fish. Drizzle with oil (1 teaspoon each).

Cut the boiled potatoes into small cubes and place on top. Sprinkle generously with mayonnaise sauce.

Grate the peeled carrots coarsely and repeat the previous step.

We won’t keep the salad in the refrigerator, so we chop the beets on a coarse grater, add a little salt and mayonnaise and mix well. Carefully, without staining the walls, spread the beet mixture.

The delicious salad “Herring under a fur coat” is ready, additionally decorate it with parsley leaves and serve.