Mother's Sillsallad
Ingredients
- 1 qt diced boiled potatoes
- 3 cups diced pickled beets
- 1 cup diced cucumber or dill pickle
- ½ cup onion chopped
- 2 apples diced
- 1 salt herring
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 3 tbsp sugar
- ¼ tsp white pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- hard boiled eggs
- 2 cups diced cold roast (optional)
Instructions
The night before
- Remove skin and bones from one firm salt herring, wash and soak overnight.
- Pickle about 6 large beets in 1 cup vinegar and 1 cup sugar and ¼ tsp cloves
The day of
- Cut herring in very small pieces and combine all chopped vegetables, pour on enough beet juice to make salad moist.
- Sprinkle salt, pepper, and sugar and mix well.
- Pack into a mold and cool.
- Turn on platter and decorate with chopped hard cooked eggs.
- Serve with sauce made by adding enough beet juice to whipped cream to make it pink and tasty.
- If a ring mold is used the sauce may be poured into hollow center, or a dish may be placed there to hold sauce.
- Prepare salad several hours before serving.
