Herring and Apple Salad

This is a version of heringsalat (herring salad), which is traditionally prepared with herring, apples, and raw onions. You can substitute smoked trout for herring. Serve with a well-chilled lager and Brown Beer Rye Bread. Garnish with dill sprigs.

Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1/2 cup)

Ingredients

• 2  cups  finely diced Granny Smith apple (about 1 medium)
• 1/2  cup  chopped Rio or other sweet onion
• 1/4  cup  chopped green onions
• 1  teaspoon  chopped fresh dill
• 1/2  teaspoon  sugar
• Dash of freshly ground black pepper
• 2  hard-cooked large eggs, finely chopped
• 1  (12-ounce) jar kippered herring in wine sauce, drained and cut into 1/4-inch pieces
• 1  cup  thinly sliced English cucumber

Preparation

Combine first 8 ingredients in a bowl. Cover and chill 4 hours. Serve salad over cucumber slices.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

106 (38% from fat)

Fat:

4.5g (sat 1.2g,mono 1.8g,poly 1g)

Protein:

5.8g

Carbohydrate:

9.6g

Fiber:

0.7g

Cholesterol:

73mg

Iron:

0.3mg

Sodium:

348mg

Calcium:

14mg