How to Cook Perfect Russian holiday salad "pod shuboi" (under a fur coat)

Russian holiday salad "pod shuboi" (under a fur coat). Great recipe for Russian holiday salad "pod shuboi" (under a fur coat). Taste highly depends on a mayonnaise quality.. Taste highly depends on a mayonnaise quality.

I use a clear bowl for this salad so that you could see all ingredients in it. This recipe for Russian Herring Under Fur Coat Salad, known as shuba, is a traditional Russian layered salad made of finely chopped pickled herring with sweet onions and dill mixed together, eggs, beets, carrots, potatoes and mayonnaise. A Shuba is the Russian word for a fur coat, something definitely needed in the cold Russian winters! You can cook Russian holiday salad "pod shuboi" (under a fur coat) using 7 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Russian holiday salad "pod shuboi" (under a fur coat)

1. Prepare 3 of carrots.
2. Prepare 1 of egg.
3. Prepare 1 of onion.
4. You need 1 of mayonnaise.
5. Prepare 5 of potatoes.
6. Prepare 2 of beetroots (big).
7. Prepare 1 of herring (big fish, medium salted).

It is normally made in large batches as normally it goes onto the holiday table and many people will eat it, but also to justify time and effort making it. However many Russian food cafes and restaurants (like almost all) serve Herring under a fur coat, also you can find in most food stores in salad department. Herring under a fur coat is a. And here's the secret: though "Selyodka pod shuboi" (aka fish under fur coat) might sound scary, the components of what make Russian New Year's Eve great are surprisingly simple.

Russian holiday salad "pod shuboi" (under a fur coat) instructions

1. Wash vegetables. Do not peel. boil carrots and beetroots for 1-1.5hr, potatoes - 30min, egg - 20min.
2. Peel vegetables.
3. Cut herring to small peaces and remove bones.
4. Prepare a deep bowl, mix onion and herring.
5. Make a layer of onion and fish covering the bottom of the bowl.
6. Add a thin layer of mayonnaise.
7. Grind 1-1.5 carrots, spread evenly.
8. Grind and spread 1 beetroot and then 2 medium potatoes.
9. Cover with mayonnaise.
10. You may do a second layer if bowl is deep enough: herring, mayonnaise, carrots, beetroot, potatoes, mayonnaise.
11. Grind an egg on top.
12. !! wash you grinder after beetroots so potatoes won't get colored.

Here's our ultimate guide to cooking, drinking and singing your way to the new year like a Russian! Seledka pod shuboi (herring under a fur coat) It's a layered salad that has the following order of ingredients: herring fish, mayo, onions, mayo, boiled potatoes, mayo, boiled carrots, mayo, boiled beets, mayo. It tastes rich, salty and fishy. The photo above opts for a more "creative" presentation of the salad. Potatoes, herring, beets, and mayonnaise come together to create the beloved селёдка под шубой (Herring under a Fur Coat), served at nearly every special occasion in the post-Soviet space.