Simple German Herring Salad with apples – a delicious, quick dish that works equally well as an appetizer, side, or light meal. Ready in just 10 minutes, this refreshing herring salad combines crisp apples, tangy pickles, tender marinated herring, and earthy beets in a light, mayonnaise-free dressing. It’s surprisingly fresh, flavorful, and satisfying.
Today we’re making a traditional German salad. At first glance, the combination of ingredients may seem unusual – especially if you’re not familiar with German cuisine. But don’t let that fool you! This salad is wonderfully refreshing, tangy, and full of flavor, with each ingredient complementing the others perfectly.
Ingredients and Substitutions
- Apples – I prefer the sour apple varieties, but sweet can be used too
- Beets – fresh or pickled from a jar
- Spring onions
- Pickles
- Herring – marinated herring salad
- Olive oil – extra virgin
- Celery leaves – or parsley leaves
- Sea salt – to taste as herring is usually pretty salty
How to prepare German Herring Salad?
1st: Shred the apples, chop the peeled beets and pickles. Mix with the chopped spring onions.
2nd: Cut the herring fillets, add into the salad bowl. Then, sprinkle with celery juice, olive oil, lemon juice and salt. Cool in the fridge for 10 minutes, optional. Then, serve.
Simple German Herring Apple Salad
Ingredients
- 200 g herring fillets, marinated/smoked/pickled
- 1 medium apple
- 6 medium pickles
- 1 medium beetroot, peeled
- 2 tbsp. spring onions
- 2 tbsp. celery leaves, chopped
- 4 tbsp. olive oil, or to taste
- 1 tbsp. lemon juice
- sea salt, to taste (if needed)
Instructions
- First, chop the spring onions, cut the beetroot in cubes (should be peeled), shred the apple and cut the marinated herring (drained from excess oil) in small chunks.
- Then, mix well in a large bowl together with the rest of the ingredients (celery juice, lemon juice, olive oil and salt).
- Finally, season with salt, olive oil and mix the salad well, cool in the fridge (optional) and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
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