It is simply amazing how our people love herring under a fur coat. The layers of herring and vegetables, lovingly smeared with mayonnaise and beautifully laid on a platter, cause many to associate with the holiday, guests and family happiness. This dish is popular at all times, and many housewives know how to cook it very tasty.
But to make herring under a fur coat, the classic recipe of which is passed from daughter to mother in every family, is especially tasty, you need to know some secrets of its preparation.
Secrets of creating a herring under a fur coat
Whatever dish we cook, we must first remember the properties of all the ingredients that make up its composition. You should also reflect on the combination of tastes of all products and their consistency. Our gustatory apparatus is designed in such a way that the combination of sour, sweet, bitter and salty is what delights him! Keeping this rule in mind, a culinary specialist can create his masterpieces, which, as they say, live an instant.
So, to cook herring under a fur coat, the classic recipe requires the presence of the following components:
- slightly salted herring (one large or two medium-sized);
- jacket-boiled potatoes (2 or 3 large potatoes);
- boiled carrots (1-2 pcs.);
- onions (one onion);
- beets (2 medium size);
- mayonnaise.
These products are a must for any fur coat. But there are additional components with which you can improve herring under a fur coat - a classic recipe plus boiled eggs (a couple of pieces), cream cheese, grated sour apple without skin.
Prepare all the products in advance and start creating your masterpiece. This dish requires careful attention - do not rush it! It is best to cook herring in advance under a fur coat. The classic recipe requires that the "coat" spend several hours before use in the refrigerator for soaking - then it will become one.
How to "collect" a fur coat?
The fur coat is assembled in the following order:
1. Prepare a large dish and apply a little mayonnaise to the bottom.
2. Directly over the dish, grate half the whole potato on a coarse grater (do this with all vegetables) and spread the layer evenly over the bottom of the layer on the bottom. It should be said that many housewives love to put herring to the bottom, but this option will allow your coat to take better from the dish, and the herring will remain inside the coat. Put mayonnaise on a layer of potatoes and gently distribute all of it with a spoon, spreading potatoes well several times (similarly coat all other layers). Take your time - the final result depends on it.
3. Spread slices of boneless herring. Then put onion on top, sliced in rings or thin straws (pre-pour onion with boiling water and add a little vinegar - the bitterness will go away). Pour all this with a small amount of refined sunflower oil - this will give a special taste to herring.
4. Again a layer of potatoes and mayonnaise.
5. Layer of carrots and apples - smear with mayonnaise.
6. After this layer, you can rub the cream cheese and / or egg white (grated yolk is useful for decorating a fur coat).
7. Now the last layer is beets. To make the fur coat tasty, beets can also be divided into layers, smearing each with mayonnaise.
8. Decoration. To look beautiful herring under a fur coat, the classic recipe of which we examined, wipe the edge of the dish in a circle with a paper towel.
Using the same principle, you can cook roll - herring under a fur coat will turn out to be very beautiful. The components are the same, but instead of a round or oval dish, take a film, foil or wax paper. Mix all the ingredients with mayonnaise first. Make a fur coat, giving the layers a rectangular shape. The order of layers in this case will be the opposite: first beets, then carrots and apples, potatoes, pickled onions. Press all the layers very tightly and make them smaller than the previous layer. At the end, along the middle of the rectangle, lay the herring fillet in a strip. Carefully roll into a roll and place on a platter, removing the paper. Decorate the roll and put in the refrigerator.