Fish & seafood
Danzig herring salad
Danzig herring salad is a typical cold classic with a salty, sweet-sour and creamy flavor at the same time. Well chilled and a little steeped, it seems much more harmonious than immediately after mixing.
Timing
- Preparation: approx. 20 minutes
- Cooling time: at least 30 minutes
- Total: approx. 50 minutes
Estimated nutrition
per serving · Calculated for 4 servings.
- Energy
- ≈ 290 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 14 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 18.2 g
- Fat
- ≈ 16.7 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- 2 potatoes, cooked · ≈ 300.0 g
- 1 apple · ≈ 150.0 g
- 1 small onion · ≈ 100.0 g
- 2 tbsp mayonnaise · ≈ 27.3 g
- 2 tbsp sour cream or yogurt · ≈ 30.0 g
- 4 herring fillets or pickled herring fillets · ≈ 320 g
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 4 herring fillets or pickled herring fillets
- 2 potatoes, cooked
- 1 apple
- 2 pickles
- 1 small onion
- 2 tbsp mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp sour cream or yogurt
- pepper
Instructions
- Cut herrings into bite-sized pieces.
- Peel the potatoes and cut them into small cubes.
- Also finely dice the apple, cucumber and onion.
- Put everything in a bowl.
- Mix mayonnaise with sour cream or yogurt and add as a dressing.
- Mix carefully and season with pepper.
- Chill for at least 30 minutes before serving so that the salad is well infused.
