Herring is a wonderful fish that is used in everyday and festive food, there are a huge number of different ways to cook this product. Here will be presented various recipes for herring appetizers, which are suitable for any banquet table.
European Herring
The peculiarity of this dish is the original and very beautiful serving. All guests will be delighted with how appetizing this appetizer looks. Cooking it is very simple, the whole process of creating a dish does not take more than half an hour. For cooking, you will need to get a can of herring in oil (it is better to take whole fillets), about 200 g of peas. You should also take 3-4 eggs, a few tablespoons of low-fat sour cream, up to 100 g of hard cheese. Still need a few salad onions, you need to purchase the smallest, then they will look harmoniously on the finished dish.
Cooking method
Follow the step-by-step instructions exactly and you will succeed at the highest level:
- Take the fish out of the can and use a napkin or paper towel to remove excess oil. Cut the herring into medium slices, approximately 4 cm wide.
- Pour water into the pan, put eggs there and put on fire, remove them from the stove after 9 minutes, after the liquid has boiled. Put under cold water, then peel them and cut into small cubes.
- In a small bowl, mix sour cream with eggs.
- Lettuce should be peeled and cut into small circles.
- Put small peas on the bottom of the dish in small piles, gently place the herring on top of it. Put onion rings on the fish, on which put a teaspoon of egg-sour cream, and sprinkle with grated cheese from the top.
Avocado appetizer
This herring appetizer (a photo of the cooking process - to help you) will be a decoration on any table. Here, all the ingredients are harmoniously combined with each other, and the original avocado serving awakens the appetite of everyone around. To prepare this dish, you need to take 2 avocados, 150 g of herring, a few teaspoons of capers, red onion and parsley. The filling is seasoned with French mustard, black pepper and mayonnaise.
Also, before cooking, you need to get a small but very sharp knife. They will need to carefully remove the bone from the avocado, the fruit should have a beautiful appearance, since the serving of the dish will be in it.
How to cook
To make everything tasty and beautiful, you just need to follow the step by step instructions. The cooking process is very simple and even a person without cooking skills can make this dish.

- The first step is to process the herring. If it is too salty, it is recommended to soak it in cold water for 10-20 minutes. After that, dry it with a paper towel or napkins. Cut the fish into very small cubes.
- Put the chopped fish in a deep plate or bowl, where you need to throw capers, mustard, chopped red onion mayonnaise and parsley. If desired, you can add a small amount of lemon juice, it will add a piquant taste to the filling.
- Now comes the most critical process - processing avocados. Now a small and very sharp knife will come in handy. First you need to cut it in half, then carefully cut out the bone and make even more recess for the filling. This must be done carefully so that the fruit does not lose its appearance.
- Now you need to stir the cooked herring stuffing again and stuff the avocado with it. Garnish everything with parsley leaves, serve best immediately from the refrigerator, the dish should be cold, just then all its taste qualities are fully revealed.
Herring and cream cheese appetizer
Another good recipe for a festive table. Unlike the previous version, only classic products are used here, which are practically at home for everyone. To prepare a snack for 5 people, you need to purchase one long baguette and a jar of herring, it must have at least 200 g of fish. You will also need to take one large carrot, 50 g of butter and two processed cheese.
This appetizer is very simple to prepare, and on the banquet table it is a mini sandwiches that are very suitable as a quick and easy snack.
Cooking
First of all, you need to take a small saucepan, put carrots in it, collect the required amount of water and put on fire. Cook the vegetable until cooked. While the carrots are boiled, we proceed to the preparation of the remaining products.
Wet herring with a paper towel or napkins to get rid of the excess amount of oil in which it is located. Then cut the fish into a small cube, cut into the same pieces should be processed cheese. When the carrots are boiled, it must be peeled and cut in the same way as the rest of the products. Put a little oil on all the ingredients. It should not be out of the refrigerator, it is recommended to remove it 1 hour before cooking.
Mix all the ingredients - you get a pleasant creamy mass with inclusions. Now you need to take a baguette and cut it into even slices of ~ 2 cm thick.
The crumb must be carefully pulled out, but the walls should be strong enough so that people can take a snack, and it did not fall apart right in their hands. Put the filling in the resulting cavity and put the dish on a beautiful large plate.
Since this is a banquet performance of a dish, it can be decorated with lettuce, various herbs, sesame seeds or finely chopped cubes of red bell pepper.
Herring caviar appetizer
Very often caviar is simply thrown out of the herring , as people do not know that it is possible to make a great snack out of it, which can be not just eaten like everyday food, but it can make a great banquet dish.
To prepare an original snack, you will need to purchase tartlets or bake them yourself from shortcrust pastry. If you donβt have time and everything needs to be done very quickly, then a dish of caviar can even be spread on small pieces of bread, thereby making original canapes.
So, for cooking, you will need to take herring caviar, sour cream and green onions. The main ingredient must be mashed with a fork, add a small amount of sour cream and finely chopped green onions to it. Mix everything thoroughly, it should turn out a mass that is very easy to spread. Spicy food lovers can add a small amount of red or black pepper. You can also use lemon juice, it will give a pleasant sourness, and the fish smell will become much weaker.
Delicious canapes
Caviar is always a sign of a luxurious and prosperous life, so it is very difficult to imagine a festive table without this ingredient. An appetizer of herring with red caviar will certainly appeal to all your guests, it has a very rich and beautiful appearance.
It uses a fairly large number of ingredients, so try not to miss anything:
- herring fillet - 300 g (the number of fish and all other products is indicated on 10 canapes);
- carrots - 1 pc. (medium or small size);
- mayonnaise - 100-150 g;
- cream cheese - 100 g (you can use any cream cheese with any excipients);
- red caviar - for decoration;
- quail eggs - 5 pcs.;
- green pea;
- lettuce;
- dill;
- Borodino bread.
How to cook
First of all, you need to put two pots of water on the fire. In one you need to boil carrots, and in the second - quail eggs. When these two products are ready, they need to be cleaned.
Now proceed to the preparation of the filling. Herring should be cut into small cubes, the smaller the better, put in a deep bowl. You should also chop the carrots, add it to the herring, and throw green peas in the same place. You need to add some spices to these ingredients, you can put tarragon or rosemary, as well as black pepper. Put mayonnaise and stir everything.
Now you need to take the bread, cut it into slices about 1 cm thick, and after each slice you should cut it diagonally to make beautiful triangular canapes.
It is necessary to spread cream cheese on bread, then lay a lettuce leaf on top, gently lay the fish filling on it. Cut the quail eggs in half and put half of the egg on each canapΓ©; red caviar is laid on top of the hill. Now the canapes need to be spread out on a large dish, decorate everything with several branches of dill. The dish is ready and you can serve it to the table.
Simple snack
If you have absolutely no time to cook, you can make a simple appetizer of herring and cheese. For cooking, you need to have herring, a little butter, dill and hard cheese.
The fish should be cut into medium slices about 3 centimeters wide. After that, you need to make a simple filling. Take 100-150 g of hard cheese and grate it, transfer to a bowl, then add chopped dill and soft butter to it.
Note! Oil must be removed from the refrigerator at least 1 hour before the start of cooking. It should be soft and mix well with other products.
Now you need to mix these three ingredients with each other, it is also recommended to add black pepper there so that the filling has an island flavor. If desired, garlic grated on a fine grater can be used.
Take one piece of fish, put it with the skin down on a plate, put the cheese mass on top and put another piece of fish on it, but with the skin up. Such an appetizer from a herring should be fastened with special skewers so that it would be convenient for a person to take and eat an appetizer. The dish can be decorated with any greens or several slices of lemon.
All these snacks are very tasty and quite simple to prepare. Herring has always been and remains an integral product on absolutely any holiday table.