Herring Salad

The flag that was used during the Union between Norway and Sweden was called the herring salad. Here I have made a herring salad that looks like the Union flag. Obviously you do not need to arrange your raw produce in this way, but it is one entertaining way of serving a herring salad like this.

INGREDIENTS:

Number of servings

Serves 4

List of ingredients

2 soused herring fillets, finely chopped

1 turnip, finely chopped

1 apple, finely chopped

3 tbs. celeriac, finely chopped

½ cup (1 ½ dl) sour cream

2 hardboiled egg yolks, finely chopped

½ onion, finely chopped

1 beetroot, boiled and finely chopped

2 potatoes (blue Congo), boiled and finely chopped

1 tsp. strong mustard

1 tsp. mustard seeds, crushed

2 tbs. rapeseed oil

1 tsp. apple sider vinegar

PREPARATION:

• Mix together the turnip, celeriac, apple, soused herring and sour cream.

• Mix together the onion, egg yolks, mustard and crushed mustard seeds.

• Mix together the beetroot, rapeseed oil and apple cider vinegar.

• Mix together the potatoes and rapeseed oil.

• Arrange the herring salad. Try to copy the pattern on the Swedish/Norwegian flag, or a national flag of your own choice.