How to make a herring under a fur coat?

As a rule, the New Year is associated with the famous Ryazan comedy film about Dr. Lukashin's bath misadventures, mandarins, champagne, Olivier salad and, of course, herring under the fur coat. It is this last ingredient of the New Year's list that will be discussed. So, how to make a herring under a "coat"?

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A bit of history and interesting facts

The little-known joking name of this delicious puff lettuce is Venus in Furs. Her main ingredient is herring. Until the 15th century, herring was considered the food of the poor and monks. The first bought it because of exceptional cheapness, and the monks who "killed the flesh" needed to endure various difficulties and hardships. The reason for this disgrace is a slightly bitter taste and a sharp smell of herring. Representatives of the nobility estates from such food tightly turned their noses.

Important! The situation changed when fisherman V.Ya. Boykelzon established that the reason for the unsatisfactory taste qualities of this fish in the gills. If they are removed, the herring turns into a completely edible product. This clever man even a monument was awarded.

As for the herring under the "fur coat", the dish was first served in the taverns and canteens of the merchant Bogomilov in Moscow. The turbulent year 1918 was going on. The main subject of conversations in institutions of this level were talk about political events in the country. A new salad, created in the most faithful( almost Ostap Bender!) Traditions was served to the table on the eve of 1919.It symbolized political disputes and, at the same time, class unity.

Judge for yourself.

• Herring is a favorite dish of workers.
• Onion, potatoes and carrots personified the peasantry.
• Beet in color remotely resembled the Bolshevik banner.

This political cocktail was refilled for some reason with French sauce "Provansal".Probably, just because it is nourishing and tasty. Or maybe because the French knew the meaning of revolution and waxed in due time nobly.

Important! The name of the new dish - SHUBA, meant: "To the chauvinism and the decline of the Fight and Anathema."

Needless to say, the success of the new salad was simply stunning.

Thanks to its beneficial ingredients, lettuce is a real storehouse of protein and vitamins, removes harmful substances from the body and increases the level of hemoglobin. The energy value of 100 grams of lettuce is 193 kcal( it largely depends on mayonnaise).Consider the most common recipes for "fur coats".

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How to make a herring coat: the classic recipe

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 3 tubers.
• Large carrots - 1 pc.
• Herring fillet - 300 g.
• Onion small - 1 head. Small beet - 2 pcs.
• Mayonnaise( any).
• Sugar - 1 dessert spoon.
• Lemon juice - 1 dessert spoon.
• Some chips of hard cheese for decor.

Procedure for preparing the following:

1. Rinse the vegetables. Beets, potatoes and carrots are boiled in a separate bowl.
2. Cut the herring fillets into small pieces.
3. Clean the boiled vegetables.
4. Scrub the potatoes, carrots and beets alternately on a large grater.
5. Onion peel, finely chop, add sugar and lemon juice to it. Stir. Marinate the onions for 15 minutes.
6. The next step is to assemble the salad. It will look like a kind of puff cake. Each layer( including the top one) should be coated with mayonnaise. The amount of mayonnaise should be determined to your own taste. A clear amount simply does not exist.
7. The first layer of crushed potatoes.
8. The second layer is herring.
9. Above - crushed and pickled onions.
10. Fourth layer - grated boiled carrots.
11. Beets crown the composition.

Herring under a fur coat on the classic-canonical recipe is ready.

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Herring under a fur coat in the form of a roll

It would seem that the common for these two dishes? However, there is no limit to perfection, nor is culinary fantasy. So, how to make layers of herring under a fur coat in the shape of a roll?

To prepare a miracle-roll you will need the following products:

• Boiled vegetables( beets, potatoes, carrots).
• Bulb medium - 1 pc.
• Fillet of lightly salted herring - 1 pc.
• Sauce mayonnaise - about 50 g.
• Nori algae - 2 leaves.
• Balsamic vinegar.
• Chips of hard cheese - 1 tbsp.l.

The algorithm for preparing snacks is as follows:

1. Clean the boiled vegetables.
2. Cut the fillet of herring with narrow longitudinal strips.
3. Peel the onion, cut into half rings.
4. Bow the onions with boiling water. Drain the water, and pour the onion into the vinegar.
5. Lay seaweed on a mat of bamboo, rough side up.
6. Put on beets, carrots, grease with mayonnaise.
7. The next layer is potatoes with grated cheese. Well weaken the mass, then again lubricate with mayonnaise.
8. Lightly wring the onion, lay it on the potato layer.
9. Lay the herring in the middle of the layer and twist the roll with extreme caution. If there is no bamboo mat, then it can be replaced with food film.
10. Put the resulting roll in the fridge for one and a half to two hours. Algae is slightly absorbed by moisture, but the shape is kept perfectly.
11. Cut the rolls before serving.

Important! To cut rolls, use a sharp knife soaked in cold water. You can also use a special device.

Compliments of culinary talents mistress guaranteed!

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How to make a herring under a fur coat with an apple?

There are lots of herring recipes under the fur coat, however the basic set of ingredients remains unchanged. The presence of an apple in the "vegetable company" will give the dish an original taste. The ingredients are the same as before, we will not repeat. The principle of preparation is the same. Put the ingredients in layers, cover each layer with mayonnaise.

The procedure is as follows:

1. Boil the carrots, beets, eggs and potatoes. Do not be too lazy to cook all the ingredients separately: the salad will turn out much nicer. If you cook all the vegetables together, the beets will color them, and the salad will acquire a purple hue. Cooked vegetables cool.
2. Cut the herring fillets into small pieces.
3. Peel and slice onions, sprinkle with sugar, drizzle with vinegar.
4. After preparation, proceed to assembling the salad. The first layer - potatoes, greased with mayonnaise.
5. The second layer is herring and chopped onions.
6. Arrange the grated boiled carrots over the onions and fish layers.
7. The fourth layer is an apple, grated. As the apple is juicy, then this layer should not be lubricated with mayonnaise.
8. The upper part of our "fur coat" is traditionally beetroot.

Important! The apple layer can be replaced with chopped eggs( the rest of the set of products is the same).The salad will turn out to be unusually tasty and airy-gentle.

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Decorating herring under a fur coat

Salad is delicious in itself. And if it is also beautifully decorated, then the dish is generally no price. How to make a "coat", you know. And here are some secrets of the design:

• Salad is laid out on a round or oval dish. Layers are laid out with a dome-shaped slide.
• Looks nice "coat" in a salad bowl made of transparent glass. All the layers are seen very well.
• Portion salads in bowls.

For decoration used:

• Green.
• Black olives.
• Pomegranate seeds.
• Carrot.
• Lemon slices.
• Walnuts.
• Egg yolks.
• Boiled quail eggs.
• Corn.
• Green peas.

Given a large selection of products for decoration, ways to decorate a salad - hundreds:

• This is a rose from cucumber beets, flowers from eggs, lions and swans from lemon.
• Luxuriously and richly looks "fur coat", decorated with salmon and red caviar.
• You can nicely serve salad on the table with the help of culinary rings. If you have not had time to get this accessory, then a plastic bottle, circumcised in the form of a ring, will help. It turns out quite a nice turret of the right cylindrical shape. To ensure that the salad does not disintegrate, all layers must be carefully rammed.

Important! The original way of serving a salad is "coat in jelly".The secret of cooking is simple: dissolve a little gelatin and add to mayonnaise. Salad is spread in silicone or metal forms, and before serving, turn over. This composition looks very original.

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Useful cooking tips:

1. If you are having a bad time, mix all the ingredients with mayonnaise beforehand, and then lay out layer by layer. The dish will soak much faster.
2. Ideal if the salad is soaked after cooking for 6 hours. Cooking a "coat" before the very reception of guests - not the best idea.
3. If the herring is too lightly salted, you can salt it. If, on the contrary, it is too salty, you can soak the fillets in milk.
4. The recipes given in the article indicate small amounts of ingredients. If you are expecting a lot of guests, increase the number of products twice or three times.
5. Pickled or pickled cucumbers make the salad piquant. They need to be placed between the egg and carrot layers.
6. If you want to reduce the calorie content of the dish, lubricate with mayonnaise only a part of the layers.
7. If you replace herring with salted salmon, get a "coat" of premium class, the so-called "Tsar".

As you can see, the field for experiments is very, very extensive. Ways how to make a fur coat from herring, too many. Beautifully decorated and tasty dish on the New Year( and not only!) Table will please both guests and hosts.