Herring or Salmon in a Fur Coat (Shuba)
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Published 2023-12-14
00:00 Intro
01:50 Herring Type
02:56 Cooking Potatoes, Beets, Eggs
04:23 Dressing
05:42 Onions
06:07 Layering
07:32 Serving
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Dressing:
130g (2/3 cups) mayo
2 tsp fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 tsp Dijon mustard
Salt to taste
Mix everything together in a small bowl.
For assembly:
400g beets (2 medium beets)
400g boiling potatoes (like red bliss or yukon gold) (2 medium potatoes)
40g finely diced white onion (about 1/4 onion)
1-2 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 hard boiled eggs
50g peeled honeycrisp apple (or some other firm sweet tart variety) (about the size of 1 egg)
300g* herring (or 200g smoked salmon) chopped into bite size pieces
* If you are buying deboned herring in oil, get two 250g packages. If you are buying herring whole, buy 2 fish. In both cases, you might have a bit of herring leftover. Most smoked salmon comes in 4 oz packages. You’ll need 2 packages.
Preheat the oven to 350F (180C). Set a flat rack into a baking dish. Scrub the beets and potatoes well. Wrap the beets in one piece of foil. Wrap the potatoes in another piece of foil. Place in the baking dish on top of a rack and bake in the middle of the oven until tender, 1.5-2 hours. Unwrap, cool completely, peel, and grate on large holes of a box grater (potatoes into one bowl, beets into another).
Divide the mayo dressing between the beets and potatoes. Season them with salt and mix well (be gentle with potatoes). Taste and correct for salt. Divide the beets into 2 portions. Divide the potatoes into 3 portions.
Put the onions into a small bowl, add the lemon juice and salt and mix well.
In a dish of your choice that is 4-6 cups in capacity and about 2 inches deep, layer all the ingredients in this order:
A third of potatoes
Layer of herring
Sprinkling of onions
A third of potatoes
Half of beets
Grate one egg on top. Grate about the same amount of apple on top. Repeat the layering in this order: herring, onions, potatoes, beets. Clean the edges of the dish. Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours or overnight. Reserve the second egg in the fridge and grate it on top right before serving.
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All Comments (21)
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It was Me! I told you! It was ME! No, wait…. I’ve only dreamed of going to Boston to take your classes and “teach” YOU something… as you have so very often shared and influenced my cooking. Thank you for so many fun andFINE meals!
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I always add cubed apples to my potato salad and everyone says it’s the best potato salad they’ve had. I’m a big fan of adding apples to savory cold 1:09 dishes for sweetness and crunch, so thanks for backing up my theory Helen! You rock!
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This must be the prettiest herring in a furcoat. And I agree, apple and herring go so well together.
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This is one of my all-time favorite dishes! Like many (Oregon) Portlanders, I was introduced to it by the chefs at our most incredible restaurant Kachka, and I've never looked back. Herring is so underrated.
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My family (Polish) does herring in beets for Easter but we also like to have a herring salad once in a while for our Sunday breakfast. It's diced Matjas herring with diced and blanched onion and grated apple, seasoned with lemon, sour cream and a little mayo. Yum! 🐟😋
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I liked the first bite I took and told my ex-mother in law I liked it and she made it all the time for me. I had to eat it…
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thanks to destigmatize the salmon in the shuba, I'll make it this way so both me and my mother can eat it
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Dear Helen, thank you for the recipe. It was the best shuba of my life! Thank you from all family!
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Finally! The most adequate recipe of shuba I have ever seen! In other recipes layers are not mixed with mayo and I think it is biggest mistake! In this recipe everything goes absolutely logical! Thank you Helen for wonderful recipe with critical amendments! ♥️🎄🎊
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Now that you're a Slavic cuisine expert.... We need an in depth video about Salo.... Higher fat foods and cured meats are very popular now. Also, other cuisines even have similar dishes (e.g. Lardo) and so, it deserves an episode.
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I loooove herring!!!!! We eat it very often here in Greece! Thank you for sharing this great recipe 😊
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Greetings from the Czechia. This is a very interesting idea, I will also try adding grated apple to my holiday salad this year. And I wish you and all your followers good luck and health 😀
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If I execute this recipe, i will become a hero in my mother inlaw's eyes. our local eastern store is great but sometimes the herring can be a little too Herring.
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I will probably never eat this, but I enjoyed the video so much! Helen, I'm so thankful I found your channel. Thank you for everything!
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Quite comfy to find you from a 5 year old find and see that you’re still uploading. Thanks for the cooking tips
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What a great idea to use smoked salmon. Spectacular sald.
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This dish looks sooo delicious! I love salted/smoked/ pickled fish so I know i will love this beautiful dish!!
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If your onions are too stinky, you could rinse the chopped onion in a sieve under cold water.
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You are a great teacher. I will definitely make this!
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I have to make this. Sounds delicious
