Selyodka pod shuboy

: food, January 09 2021 ▶

There is no way I can take a good picture of the final product, no matter what I do. It will come either as bland top-view pic or messy side-view. Well, as you see, I preferred the latter. Depending where you live, this "salad" is called "dressed herring" or "herring under a fur coat", which is a direct translation from the russian "selyodka pod shuboi". It is a simple, but very time consuming dish. Benefit: you can store it in the fridge for about a week.
Ingredients:
- Herring fillets - no skin, no bones, salted only. Avoid the more common sour ones.
- Mayonnaise - pretty please, use the regular one and not the canola-oil-garbage.
- Boiled potatoes - with some salt, just as they become soft, not ready for mashed potatoes
- Onions
- Boiled red beet
- Boiled carrots
- Salt - just a pinch for the red beet and carrots
- Ground black pepper [not in the original recipe]
- Sumak for garnish on top [dill in the original recipe]
- Boiled and grated eggs [I do not use them]

I cannot give exact quantities as this depends on the amount of salad you want to make. I use 4 small soup cups, as this is best for serving and storing. One cup is enough for a single person. The arrangement is in ~1cm thick layers. You have to put some mayonnaise on top of each layer and then continue with the next.... yeeah, we will be using a lot of mayonnaise. Here is the order of the layers:
- potatoes and ground black pepper(+mayo)
- herring (+mayo)
- onions - this layer is 1/2 thick (+mayo)
- red beet (+mayo)
- carrots (+mayo)
- eggs and garnish
I put as little mayonnaise as possible, but enough to create a "flat" surface on the top of the layer.
There is one drink, and one drink only that goes with the salad - fine russian vodka.