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Matjes Herring Salad

4 servings

Ingredients

• 6 Stk Matjes herring fillets
• 1 Stk apple
• 2 Stk Gherkins
• 2 Stk Tomatoes
• 3 Stk Eggs (hard boiled)
• 12 Stk Pearl onions (preserved)
• 1 Prise Salt
• 1 Prise Pepper
• French mustard (nach Bedarf)
• Lemon juice (nach Bedarf)
• Cocktail sauce (nach Bedarf)
• Mayonnaise (nach Bedarf)
• Cream (nach Bedarf)
• Lettuce leaves (marinated) (nach Bedarf)
• chives (finely chopped) (nach Bedarf)
• Rose paprika (sweet noble) (nach Bedarf)

Instructions

1. Cut six Matjes herring fillets into finger-thick strips.
2. Peel an apple, two pickled cucumbers and two tomatoes and cut into slices.
3. Peel three hard-boiled eggs and cut into slices, set aside part for garnish and finely mince.
4. Halve twelve canned pearl onions.
5. Carefully mix all ingredients with salt, pepper, French mustard, lemon juice, cocktail sauce and mayonnaise diluted with a little cream.
6. Arrange prominently on marinated lettuce leaves.
7. Mix the minced egg with finely chopped chives and a little sweet paprika and sprinkle over.

Based on a cookbook by Hans Hofer (1964), adapted with AI.