Dressed Herring "Shuba" — Showstopper Style
Don't give up your favorite layered herring salad—here's a fresh take! If your "herring under a fur coat" has become the same thing year after year, try this version. It's just as delicious, but it holds its shape like a real cake and makes a stunning centerpiece on the holiday table.
Nuria
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Dressed Herring Shuba — Showstopper Style
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 21 %
6 g
Fats 52 %
15 g
Carbohydrates 28 %
8 g
189 kcal
GI:
63
/
0
/
38
- This is our traditional holiday herring salad in a new, eye-catching form. It's just as easy to make, but the unusual presentation will surprise your guests. I'm not claiming this is the classic, traditional recipe—my own family actually prefers the original—but when I want to dress up the holiday table, this is the version I reach for. Since the ingredients are the same, the flavor is very close to the classic. Depending on the size of the vegetables, I use anywhere from 15 to 25 g of gelatin. If you've worked with gelatin before, it's easy to dial in the right amount for the dressing. I list 25 g here because my beets and potatoes were especially large this time and my usual amount wasn't enough, so I had to make more. With that amount, the "cake" held together perfectly. If the amount of mayonnaise seems like a lot, you can cut it back and add a little water in its place for a lighter result. IMPORTANT: once made, keep the gelatin dressing somewhere warm—I set it near the stove or a radiator—so the gelatin doesn't set before you use it. If you like onion, add it to the herring before pouring on the dressing. Cut the vegetables into cubes; they look prettier when sliced. This time I cut them larger than usual—I think smaller or thinner works better. If you don't have hours to wait, you can speed things up: put the salad in the freezer for 1–1.5 hours, then in the fridge for 30–60 minutes to thaw. Still, 4 hours in the fridge is best. One more tip: in my experience this salad looks even nicer in a square mold, so use one if you can. Decorate with sieved egg yolk or however you like. Thanks for stopping by!
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Ripe potatoes - 80 kcal/100g
- Baked potatoes - 70 kcal/100g
- Mashed potatoes - 380 kcal/100g
- Boiled potatoes - 82 kcal/100g
- Potatoes in uniform - 74 kcal/100g
- Fried potatoes - 192 kcal/100g
- Beetroot - 40 kcal/100g
- Dried beetroot - 278 kcal/100g
- Boiled beets - 49 kcal/100g
- Carrots - 33 kcal/100g
- Dried carrots - 275 kcal/100g
- Boiled carrots - 25 kcal/100g
- Herring in vegetable oil - 301 kcal/100g
- Herring in sour cream - 97 kcal/100g
- Herring in tomato sauce - 159 kcal/100g
- Hot smoked herring - 215 kcal/100g
- Pickled herring - 192 kcal/100g
- Fresh herring - 161 kcal/100g
- Salted herring - 217 kcal/100g
- Salad mayonnaise of 50% fat content - 502 kcal/100g
- Light mayonnaise - 260 kcal/100g
- Provencal Mayonnaise - 624 kcal/100g
- Provencal mayonnaise - 627 kcal/100g
- Table mayonnaise - 627 kcal/100g
- Gelatin - 355 kcal/100g
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