Appetizers with herring for the festive table. Herring appetizer for the holiday table

25.08.2024 Homemade products 

The minimum “table” set - herring, eggs and cheese can always be found in the refrigerator. A herring appetizer for the spring holiday table does not have to be a regular at winter feasts!

In the spring, when you want to prepare something special for the holiday, you can create an appetizer from the three most popular ingredients that resembles a bouquet of the first spring flowers. Our favorite salted herring will play the leading role, and it will be framed very organically by cheese and egg layers. Be sure to use green onions! It is softer and more delicate in taste than onion, and in combination with cheese it will only benefit. Decorating the snack in a floral style - as befits chefs who are celebrating the most wonderful time of the year!

Original appetizer of herring with egg and cheese

Ingredients:

Cooking time: about 35 minutes
Servings: 2

Recipe for herring appetizer with photo:

  • For the herring appetizer we will need hard-boiled eggs. Boil them for no more than 7-9 minutes so that the yolk does not turn blue from being in boiling water for a long time, since we will need it for decoration in its bright yellow hue. Try to cool boiled eggs according to all the rules so that the shell can be removed entirely without damaging the white. We also need the white from one boiled egg to be smooth and beautiful for decorating and creating a floral arrangement at the very top of the snack.
  • Next, we proceed traditionally and start cutting all the components: fillet the herring, get two pieces of salted herring without bones, cut them into cubes 1 by 1 cm.
  • We grate the cheese, a very beautiful cut is obtained on a Korean grater.
  • We cut the green onion feathers into small segments, leaving the dill whole for now for decoration (especially if serving is postponed until the next day!).
  • After boiling, we get three or four hard-boiled eggs. Divide one egg into boiled yolk and white. From the boiled protein, cut out small even circles with any round object/recess/cap from a felt-tip pen, etc. From these small diameter circles we will form primroses for decoration. Chop the remaining eggs with a knife.
  • For the cheese and egg layers, mix cheese, chopped eggs, black pepper, and green onions in a bowl.
  • Season the whole mixture with mayonnaise and sprinkle a little with a quarter of a lemon.
  • Stir and taste for salt. Since the cheese can be quite salty, and the herring itself is minimally salted in the recipe, you may not need to add salt at all.
  • To decorate the snack, take a small round mold and line the sides and bottom with film. You can take a molding culinary ring, in this case you can do without cling film. Place half of the cheese and egg mixture on the bottom and compact.
  • Place the herring layer on the cheese-egg layer in a dense layer.
  • Cover the herring with the second half of the egg layer and also tamp it on the surface. Place the mold with the compacted mass to cool for 1-2 hours or until serving.

Snacks are probably the most interesting type of food, and have been since childhood. True, when we ran home as children and grabbed a piece of bread with sausage or lard, we had no idea that even then we were using snacks, but these were real snacks.

I have already given you several recipes, but there are so many of them that we cannot try them all in our entire lives. They are always needed. To put it in a simpler way, salads are also snacks, and we’ve already talked about them too.

In the old days, appetizers were considered all cold dishes served before the main hot meal. Moreover, the snacks could be very complex. Some contained up to 50 ingredients.

But we will look at simple, easy to prepare and delicious snacks.

Step-by-step recipes for preparing simple, light and tasty snacks

Let's start with the most favorite snack for most people - herring.

  1. Herring appetizer for the holiday table

Preparation:

1. Cut the herring into fillets (you and I have already done this: Recipe for herring with onions and vinegar). Rub each fillet with your hands (as if you were doing a massage), not too much or beat it, but very lightly.

2. Spread processed cheese on the fillet, spreading it evenly throughout the fillet.

3. Place a tablespoon of canned sweet pepper on the cheese and also spread it over the entire fillet.

4. Sprinkle preferably with freshly ground pepper. Sprinkle with chopped dill.

5. Using cellophane film, roll it lengthwise and place it in the refrigerator for 2-2.5 hours.

During this time, we will prepare the base of this appetizer.

6. Take black bread and cut out circles with a glass. You can simply cut the bread into squares, rectangles, into any shapes, as long as it fits the pieces of herring that we will lay out with you.

7. When our roll has cooled, cut into small pieces and arrange into cut out circles.

Garnish with herbs and serve.

Bon appetit!

  1. Herring appetizer

Preparation:

1. Take the herring fillet and cut it into small pieces. Let's start making the marinade.

2. Place the pieces in a deep bowl and add mayonnaise to the herring pieces.

3. Add mustard.

4. Pour in wine vinegar.

5. Chop and add parsley and dill to the cup, pepper to taste.

6. Mix everything and put it in the refrigerator for one hour.

7. While the herring is marinating, cut the bread into triangles or whatever you like. Of course we take black bread. It goes best with herring.

We take the finished herring out of the refrigerator, place it on pieces of bread, decorate with herbs, secure with skewers and serve.

Take all ingredients to your taste. Some people prefer mayonnaise, others prefer vinegar.

Bon appetit!

  1. Rolls with ham and cheese

Preparation:

1. Spread the ham slices with soft curd cheese. Use a knife to distribute the cheese evenly over the ham.

2. Place basil leaves on the cheese. Pepper with freshly ground pepper from the mill.

3. Cut the olives into circles and place them on the basil.

4. Wrap the ham in rolls.

5. Cut the rolls diagonally into several pieces. whatever suits you.

Serve with roasted pine nuts, olives and herbs.

Bon appetit!

  1. Ham on toast with stuffing

Preparation:

1. First, prepare the filling. Finely chop the pickled cucumber.

2. Add it to the curd cheese.

3. Add chopped basil or parsley leaves, or other greens that you like. Mix everything thoroughly.

4. Lightly fry pieces of white bread or loaf on both sides.

5. Spread the resulting filling onto a piece of fried white bread or loaf.

6. Place rolled ham slices on top.

7. Cut cherry tomatoes and green olives in half.

Using wooden skewers, first pierce the olives on the convex side, and then, using the same skewer, the tomatoes.

Then stick it all into our toast.

The appetizer is ready.

Bon appetit!

  1. Mozzarella appetizer with tomatoes on skewers

Preparation:

Take a nice deep cup (we will serve it in it)

1. Pour olive oil into it, add balsamic vinegar, salt and sprinkle with freshly ground pepper.

2. Place a cherry tomato and a round of mozzarella on a skewer,

3. prick a basil leaf and another round piece of mozzarella.

Dip the skewers into the sauce and serve as is.

Bon appetit!

In all the recipes written above, I did not indicate the amount of ingredients. Everything is simple there. Add as you see fit, depending on the number of people.

  1. Champignons in batter and breadcrumbs

Fish or meat are usually cooked in batter. We will cook mushrooms for you. Champignons are best suited for this.

Ingredients:

  • Small champignons - 200 g.
  • Eggs - 2 pcs.
  • Milk - 100 ml.
  • Flour - 50 g.
  • Vegetable oil - 1-2 cups
  • Breadcrumbs - 50 g.
  • Pepper, salt - to taste

Preparation:

1. Wash the champignons, peel them and cook in salted water for 10 minutes.

2. Break the eggs into a deep bowl and beat them with milk.

3. Dip the boiled mushrooms into the egg mixture, then roll in flour and dip into the egg mixture again.

4. Roll in breadcrumbs. Place the mushrooms in boiling oil and fry until golden brown.

Serve the dish hot, with fresh herbs and vegetables.

Bon appetit!

  1. Tomatoes with shrimp and cheese

Ingredients:

  • Cherry tomatoes - 10-15 pcs. Select the size of shrimp.
  • Boiled-frozen shrimp - 10-15 pcs.
  • Cream cheese - 150-200 g.

Preparation:

Wash the tomatoes, dry them with a towel and cut off the top of each tomato. Carefully remove the middle of the tomatoes. Lightly add some salt to the tomatoes inside and turn them over and place them on a towel to drain the liquid.

Throw the shrimp into boiling salted water and boil for no longer than 1-1.5 minutes (if the shrimp are not boiled, but fresh frozen, you need to cook longer, 2-3 minutes after boiling). Cool and clean the shrimp. We remove the heads.

Fill the tomatoes with cream cheese and insert the shrimp, tail up, into the cheese. If you can fit two shrimp, stick two in at a time.

Bon appetit!

  1. Ham and cheese rolls

Ingredients:

  • Ham - 200 g.
  • Hard cheese - 100 g.
  • Garlic - 1-2 cloves
  • Mayonnaise, herbs - to taste

Preparation:

Grate the cheese on a coarse grater, transfer to a deep cup, add mayonnaise, squeeze the garlic into it. Finely chop the greens and add to the cheese. Mix everything thoroughly.

Spread the ham pieces with the cheese mixture and roll them up. Secure the rolls with colorful skewers.

Transfer the finished rolls to a dish and you can decorate, if desired, with sprigs of herbs.

Bon appetit!

  1. Potato pancakes with salmon

Ingredients:

  • Potatoes - 500 g.
  • Onion - 1 head
  • Red onion - 1 head
  • Egg - 1 pc.
  • Flour - 3 tbsp.
  • Sour cream - 200 g.
  • Smoked salmon - 200 g.
  • Vegetable oil
  • Salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

Wash the potatoes, peel them, wash them again and grate them. Squeeze thoroughly, mix and squeeze again. Peel the onions, chop finely and add to the potatoes. Lightly beat the egg and add it to the potatoes along with the flour. Salt, pepper and mix thoroughly.

Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan. Spoon the potato dough into the boiling oil like pancakes. It’s better to add a little at a time so that the pancakes are free in the pan. Fry for a few minutes on each side until golden brown.

Place the finished pancakes on paper napkins to remove excess oil. Transfer to a plate and spread sour cream on top. Then add some red onion, cut into half rings, and plastic fish.

Bon appetit!

  1. Stuffed eggs on the holiday table

Option 1.

Ingredients:

  • Eggs - 5 pcs.
  • Cream or curd cheese - 2 tbsp.
  • Lightly salted salmon or salmon - 50 g.
  • Dill - 1-2 sprigs
  • Salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

Cook the eggs in boiling water until done. We put them in cold water, let them cool, and peel them. Cut each egg in half and remove the yolks. Cut the lightly salted fish into very small pieces, the smaller the better. If you like dill, you can also finely chop and add it.

Place the yolks in a small bowl and mash with a fork. Add salmon, dill and cream cheese to them. Mix everything well. Salt and pepper to taste, or no salt at all. Mix again.

Carefully stuff the egg halves. Place on lettuce leaves and serve. You can decorate with greenery.

Bon appetit!

  1. Stuffed eggs with cheese

Option 2.

Ingredients:

  • Eggs - 6 pcs.
  • Butter - 100 g.
  • Sour cream - 4 tbsp.
  • Hard cheese - 200 g.
  • Salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

For this option for stuffing eggs, you will also need to boil the eggs, cool, peel, cut in half, and remove the yolk.

Then grind the yolk with softened butter, add the cheese grated on a medium grater, mix well. Gradually add sour cream to the resulting mass and grind until a fluffy mass is obtained. Salt and pepper.

Place egg white halves on a plate and fill them with cheese cream. You can add parsley and place it on lettuce leaves. For those who like it, sprinkle a little red pepper.

The eggs are ready. They can be placed equally on a plate with the first version of stuffed eggs.

Bon appetit!

  1. Cold appetizer with red fish

Ingredients:

  • Lightly smoked-salted salmon plastics
  • Philadelphia cream cheese or other
  • Basil, parsley
  • Italian spices
  • White baguette

Preparation:

Cut the baguette into equal pieces approximately 1 cm wide (it is advisable for the baguette to be “plump”). It is better to cut with a special bread knife so that our pieces do not get wrinkled. Place them on a plate.

Let's take the cheese. We have Philadelphia. You can use any other cream cheese, preferably without any additives. Place it in a deep plate and knead it to a smooth paste.

Take fresh parsley leaves and fresh basil leaves, wash and dry. We cut them into medium pieces, you can, of course, tear them as you like. Mix the leaves and put them in a mortar. Grind the leaves into a paste. If you don't have a mortar, you can use any masher. Pour a pinch of Italian herbs into the herbal mixture and mix everything thoroughly again.

Pour everything we got into the mashed cream cheese and mix everything very well.

Take the cut pieces of baguette and spread the resulting mass with a knife. Spread in an even medium layer. And so all the pieces. We roll the red fish into a roll (roses) and place it on our baguette pieces, spread with cheese cream. I prefer lightly salted-smoked fish; you can use simply salted fish or salt it yourself.

A beautiful, delicious appetizer is ready.

Bon appetit!

  1. Fly agarics

Ingredients:

  • Any ham or sausage - 70 g.
  • Cheese - 70 g.
  • Boiled eggs - 2-3 pcs.
  • Large cucumber - 1 pc.
  • Cherry tomatoes - 10 pcs.
  • Mayonnaise - 3-4 tbsp.
  • Greens, salad
  • Salt, pepper
  • Garlic - 1 clove (optional)

Preparation:

Grate the ham into a deep bowl on a fine grater. You can also chop it finely. We also grate eggs and cheese here. Season with mayonnaise and mix everything well. You can add a clove of garlic, I don’t really like garlic, so we don’t add it.

At this point I add a little salt and pepper. Try it, many don’t add salt or pepper at all. Who likes what? Set the resulting mixture aside.

Take a cucumber and cut into thin slices. If you have a special knife, use it to cut the cucumber slices into waves.

Place lettuce leaves on a plate and place cucumber slices on them. Place mushroom stems onto the cucumbers either with a spoon or a suitable mold. We set our clearing aside.

We cut the cherry tomatoes into halves and place them on the stems. Using any suitable stick, we draw dots on the fly agarics using mayonnaise.

The appetizer is prepared immediately before serving. Since tomatoes and cucumbers, prepared in advance, will begin to leak.

An elegant, beautiful appetizer is ready. This appetizer is suitable for any holiday table.

Bon appetit!

  1. Cheese snack

Appetizer with three different fillings.

Ingredients:

  • Hard cheese 50% fat or higher - 500 g.
  • Creamy processed cheese - 250-300 g.
  • Raw smoked sausage - 250 g.
  • Walnut - 100 g.
  • Dill - 50-70 g.

Preparation:

We cut the hard cheese into three equal parts, for three different fillings. Place all three pieces of cheese in boiling water, turn off the heat and leave the cheese for 20 minutes.

While the cheese softens in boiling water, prepare the filling.

We clean the sausage and cut it into small pieces. Finely chop the dill. Chop the walnuts.

The cheese has already softened, we take one part out of the water and on a cutting board, previously wrapped in cling film so that the cheese does not stick, we begin to roll the cheese like dough into a flat cake.

Grease a flatbread of rolled cheese with creamy processed cheese over the entire surface.

Place the sliced ​​sausage on the cheeses and wrap the cheese in a long roll. Wrap the roll in cling film and place it on a plate.

Roll out the second piece. We also spread the processed cheese and spread the dill evenly on the cheese. We wrap it in a roll. Wrap the roll in cling film and also place it on a plate.

With the third piece, we repeat the same procedure, only instead of greens, we spread walnuts over the entire surface. Don’t forget to spread melted cheese on the flatbread before doing this. We also roll it up and wrap it in cling film.

Place all three rolls in the refrigerator until completely cooled.

We take the chilled rolls out of the refrigerator, they have become hard and now we can cut them.

We put it beautifully on a dish and serve it on the table.

Bon appetit!

  1. Quick snack with crab sticks

Ingredients:

  • Cheese - 200 g.
  • Eggs - 4 pcs.
  • Garlic - 5 cloves
  • Crab sticks - 200 g.
  • Mayonnaise - 100 g.
  • Salad leaves

Preparation:

Grate the eggs on a fine grater. Grate the cheese on the same grater. Mix eggs with cheese. Pass the garlic through a press or you can also grate it. We also grate the crab sticks on a fine grater.

Add garlic to the egg and cheese mixture. Mix everything well and add mayonnaise. Mix everything thoroughly again.

Make small balls from the mixture and roll them in grated crab sticks.

What beautiful candies we made. Quickly put them in your mouth.

Bon appetit!

Video: Red fish sandwiches

Video: Canapes for the festive table

Bon appetit!


A herring appetizer is a great option for a holiday table or for every day. You can not only cut the fish into slices, but also prepare simple and original dishes from it. If you have herring in the refrigerator, there is always a way to surprise your guests, using only simple and affordable products.

A simple potato and herring appetizer

One of the simplest herring snack recipes is potato tartlets. For 10 servings you will need 10 large potatoes, 2 fish, 100 ml of vegetable oil, 1 onion, fresh herbs, salt and lemon juice to taste. Additionally, you can take pomegranate seeds - they are added as decoration.


Cooking process:


Some varieties of potatoes become overcooked and do not hold their shape. In this case, you don’t have to peel it; just rinse it well before cooking.

Recipe "Emerald balls"

“Emerald balls” are a simple and original herring appetizer for the holiday table. For 1 large fish you will need to take 4-5 potatoes, 2 boiled eggs, a little processed cheese, fresh herbs, salt and pepper to taste. Berries with a sour taste (pomegranate seeds or) are suitable for decoration.

Cooking process:


This dish is suitable as a main appetizer on a holiday table. The balls are very high in calories, so it is better to form them small. They go well with salads made from fresh herbs and seafood, and main fish dishes. For convenience, you can place each ball on a separate leaf of lettuce, and it will not fall apart.


Appetizer with processed cheese and herring

One of the most popular snacks made from herring and processed cheese is sandwich pate. It keeps well in the refrigerator, perfect for everyday snacking or an aperitif for the holidays. It is also convenient to take with you on a picnic or on the road. For an average herring weighing 400 g you will need 200 g, 100 g of vegetable oil, 150-200 g of processed cheese, as well as salt, spices and herbs to taste.

Cooking process:


The richest paste will be made from herring salted at home with spices. However, any fish is suitable for pate - it can be bought as boneless fillets.

Recipes for herring snacks with photos can be found online or in culinary magazines, but don’t be afraid to experiment. The main rule for adding this type of fish is that it overpowers the taste and aroma of all other ingredients. It goes well with potatoes and other vegetables, soft cheeses, black bread and herbs. If you combine the ingredients correctly, you can create an original signature dish and surprise your guests and loved ones with it.

Video recipe for making herring rolls


Cold appetizers with herring

Cold appetizers using herring always relevant, especially on holidays. Herring snacks not only diversify, but also perfectly decorate your holiday table. Eat lots of interesting holiday snacks, with which you can surprise your guests by presenting them with new goodies.

Already on our website recipes for various delicious herring salads, and now we will present to you a selection of various snacks with your favorite herring.

  1. Herring appetizer “Star”
  2. Appetizer with herring “Cake”
  3. Herring appetizer on toast

Beautiful appetizer of herring with filling

Stuffed herring will bring something new to your menu. It is not only incredibly tasty, but also looks very impressive on the table and will certainly attract the attention of every guest.

Beautiful appetizer of herring with filling

To prepare stuffed herring you will need:

  • Fresh cucumber – 100 g;
  • Bulgarian pepper – 50 g;
  • Carrots – 100 g;
  • Egg – 1 piece;
  • Green onion - from 1st onion;
  • Dill – 1 sprig;
  • Parsley - 1 sprig;
  • Gelatin – 1 heaped tablespoon;
  • Water – 100 g;
  • Full-fat mayonnaise – 4 tablespoons.

Let's start cooking:

Step 1. Prepare the herring by removing the head and entrails, carefully removing the skin so as not to damage the fillet. Carefully remove all the bones, it is better to do this with tweezers so as not to damage the fillet, it should remain intact. Place the herring fillets in the refrigerator while you prepare the filling.

Step 2. Boil the carrots until tender, cool them, peel them, cut your carrots into small cubes.

Step 3. Hard boil the egg, cool it in cold water, peel and cut into very small cubes.

Step 4. Remove the seeds from the bell pepper and chop it very finely.

Step 5. Chop the green onions as finely as possible.

Step 6. Chop the dill and parsley as finely as possible.

Step 7. Wash the cucumber, dry it and cut it into strips the length of the entire cucumber.

  1. Take 100 g of boiling water and dissolve 1 tablespoon of gelatin in it. Let it cool.
  2. When the gelatin has cooled, add mayonnaise and mix well until smooth.
  3. Next, pour all the chopped ingredients, except the cucumber, into the gelatin mass and mix everything well.
  4. Place in the refrigerator for 5 minutes until the mixture thickens slightly.

Preparing a herring appetizer. (Click to enlarge picture)

Step 9 Let's prepare the appetizer:

  1. Now take the cling film and place the herring fillet on it so that it lies inside out.
  2. Spread the gelatin mixture a little at a time onto the fillet, topping this mixture with sliced ​​cucumber strips and so on until the end.
  3. Then place the second fillet on top and wrap it well in cling film so that everything does not fall apart.
  4. Place the herring in the refrigerator for several hours; it is better, of course, if the herring stays like this all night.

Step 10. Take the herring appetizer out of the refrigerator, cut it into pieces as if you were just cutting a herring.

Step 11. Arrange the pieces beautifully on a plate or in a special dish for herring. You can decorate with herbs or place on lettuce leaves.

After slicing, if you do not serve immediately, it is better to return the herring to the refrigerator, because the filling contains gelatin, and it can melt, serve the herring directly from the refrigerator.

Bon appetit!

Herring appetizer “Green Ball”

This snack is especially suitable for the New Year's table; the balls look like Christmas tree decorations on a plate. They are good as a snack and as a portioned dish.

Herring balls in dill

To make herring balls you will need:

  • Lightly salted herring – 1 piece;
  • Egg – 2 pieces;
  • Potatoes – 200 g;
  • Dill - a large bunch;
  • Mayonnaise – 2 tablespoons.

Let's start cooking:

Step 1. Clean the herring from the entrails, remove the head, remove the peel, separate the fillet from the ridge, remove all bones, even small ones if possible, cut the herring as small as possible.

Step 2. Boil the potatoes in their skins, pour cold water to remove the skins, cool the potatoes, peel them. Then grate the potatoes using the finest grater.

Step 3. Hard boil the eggs, cool them in cold water, and peel them. Grate the eggs using the finest grater.

Step 4. Then mix all the ingredients, add mayonnaise and mix the ingredients well again and put the mixture in the refrigerator to cool slightly.

Step 5. Chop the dill very finely and pour into a small flat plate or bowl.

Step 6. Once your mixture has cooled, remove it from the refrigerator. Take a little mass at a time and roll it into balls the size of a walnut. Roll each ball in chopped dill and place on a plate.

You can decorate each ball with cranberries on top, so they will look more impressive.

Bon appetit!

Herring appetizer “Star”

This appetizer tastes somewhat like herring salad under a fur coat, only it is prepared as an appetizer. This appetizer looks very festive on the table and will certainly decorate it and make it very stylish, because the shape can be chosen according to the holiday.

Appetizer Herring stars with beets

To prepare herring stars you will need:

  • Salted herring – 1 large piece;
  • Beets – 1 large piece;
  • Egg – 3 pieces;
  • Butter 80% fat – 60 g;
  • Onion – 1 small piece;
  • Parsley – 2 sprigs.

Let's start cooking:

Step 1. Cook the beets until tender, do not cut them under any circumstances, they must be whole. Once it's cooked, cool it, peel it and set it aside for now.

Step 2. Clean the herring from the insides, remove the head, remove the skin from the herring. Cut it very finely.

Step 3. Peel the onion, chop the onion as finely as possible. Mix it with herring.

Step 4. Hard-boil the eggs, peel them and place them in a deep bowl, crush them a little with a fork or potato masher.

Step 5. The butter should be soft, before cooking, put it in a warm place, it should not just melt, it should soften. Next, add the butter to the eggs, now beat the eggs and butter well until they form a fine, homogeneous mass. Add ground black pepper to the mixture to taste.

Step 6. Next, take an iron star-shaped cookie cutter, if you don’t have one, take the one you have, but if you don’t already have any cookie cutter, make a ring from a 0.5 liter plastic bottle, it will become the mold.

Step 7. Cut the beets into thin slices.

Step 8 We form the snack “Stars”:

1. Now take a circle of beets, take your mold and press it into the beets to squeeze out the star, remove the part that remains from the circle of beets, do not remove the beets from the mold, let it be in it.

2. Now into the mold containing the beets:

  • A) Place a layer of egg and butter on the beets;
  • b) Place herring mixed with onions in a thin layer on top of the egg.
  • V) Carefully remove the mold and place the star on a plate. Place a parsley leaf on top of the herring.

Step 9. Once everything is ready, place the “Stars” in the refrigerator until serving.

The appetizer is served straight from the refrigerator.

Bon appetit!

Appetizer with herring “Cake”

This appetizer can easily be confused with a dessert, however, this is not a sweet dish, but a salty appetizer. On the holiday table it will look very interesting, as if there were sweets among the salads and appetizers.

Herring appetizer in the form of a cake

To prepare these herring cakes you will need:

  • Herring fillet in oil or preserves – 150 g;
  • Dry beans – 100 g;
  • Egg – 1 piece;
  • Butter – 50 g;
  • Natural red caviar or protein caviar – 4 teaspoons;
  • Borodinsky sliced ​​bread – 6 slices.

Let's start cooking:

Step 1. Beans need to be soaked in water for 3-4 hours before cooking. Then cook the beans until fully cooked; there is no need to add salt to the water during cooking because the herring is already salted and you can over-salt the cream. Once it is ready, place it in a colander to drain all the liquid and cool it completely.

Step 2. Hard boil the eggs, cool them in salted water and peel them.

Step 3. Remove the butter from the refrigerator and let it soften.

Step 4. Remove the herring from the jar, place it in a colander and let the unnecessary oil drain out.

Step 5. Now you will need a food processor or blender:

  1. Pour out the beans, cut the herring to it arbitrarily;
  2. Also cut the egg;
  3. Put butter;
  4. Mix everything well with a food processor or blender.

If you don’t have a food processor or blender, pass all the ingredients through a meat grinder, mixing them first through a fine mesh and preferably 2 times so that the mass is as fine as possible and mix it well.

Step 6. Now add half of the protein caviar to this mass and mix the mass with a spoon or fork. Of course, you can use real caviar, but the dish will of course cost much more.

  1. Take a piece of bread, cut off the crusts, spread it with cream, put a second one on top and spread it with cream in the same way, put a third one on top.
  2. Cut this piece into 3 rectangular cakes. On each cake, make a rim around the edge using a pastry bag with a nozzle, and pour red protein caviar into the center where there is no cream.

Place the pies on a plate and put it in the refrigerator until your guests arrive.

Bon appetit!

Herring with egg “Herring on a fur coat”

An excellent appetizer for a holiday, it is prepared in portions and is very convenient for guests to take. This snack can be prepared not only for gatherings at the table, but also for going out into nature.

Appetizer “Herring on a fur coat”

To prepare “Herring on a Fur Coat” you will need:

  • Herring fillet in oil – 1 piece;
  • Egg – 6 pieces;
  • Beetroot – 250 g;
  • Onion – 1 medium size;
  • Vinegar 9% – 1 tablespoon;
  • Sugar – 0.5 teaspoon;
  • Water – 50 g;
  • Mayonnaise – 2-3 tablespoons.

Let's start cooking:

Step 1. Boil the beets until fully cooked, then cool them, remove the peels and grate them on the finest grater.

Step 2. Hard boil the eggs, cool them in cold water, and peel them. Cut each egg in half lengthwise, separate the yolks from the whites and set them aside for now.

Step 3. Finely chop the onion. Mix water, sugar and vinegar, stir everything until the sugar is completely dissolved. Pour the marinade over the onions for 20-30 minutes, then place the onions in a colander to drain the marinade.

Step 4. Now mix the beets and onions in a deep bowl, finely chop the yolk or grate it on a fine grater and add it to the beets and onions. Add mayonnaise and mix well.

Step 5. Remove the herring from the oil and blot the oil. Cut the fish into pieces according to the number of egg halves; if, for example, you boiled 5 eggs, then you got 10 halves and accordingly you need to cut the fillet into 10 pieces.

Step 6. Then fill each half of the egg with the beetroot mass and place a piece of herring on top of the mass.

You can decorate each egg with herbs on top.

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Herring appetizer “Odessa Forshmak”

Forshmak is a traditional Jewish food that has taken root well on our table. This is a great holiday snack and easy to take with you to an outdoor celebration.

Herring appetizer “Odessa Forshmak”
  • Herring – 1 piece;
  • Butter – 100 g;
  • Potatoes – 100 g;
  • Onion – 1 small piece;
  • Egg – 2 pieces;
  • Apple – 100 g;
  • Salt - to taste;
  • Ground pepper - to taste;
  • Black bread "Borodinsky".

Let's start cooking:

Step 1. Clean the herring from all the insides, remove the head, remove the skin. Separate the fillet from the backbone, remove any remaining bones and then cut the herring fillet as finely as possible, the herring needs to be literally chopped.

Step 2. Hard boil the eggs, cool them in cold water, and peel them. Grate on the finest grater and add to the herring.

Step 3. Boil the potatoes in their skins, cool them, and peel them. Then grate the potatoes on the finest grater and add to the herring.

Step 4. Peel the onion, then grate it on a fine grater.

Step 5. Peel the apple, remove the entire core with seeds and membranes. Just like the rest of the ingredients, you need to grate it on a fine grater.

Step 6. Place the butter in a warm place until it becomes soft. Add butter to remaining ingredients.

Step 7. Salt and pepper the mixture to your taste.

Step 8. Then all the ingredients need to be mixed thoroughly, it is better to do this with your hands, everything should be mixed evenly.

Step 9. Place the mixed mass in the refrigerator for an hour.

Step 10. Cut the bread into neat slices. Choose the cutting shape yourself; it can be squares, rectangles, triangles, even circles.

Step 11. Then make small cutlets from the cooled mass, place each cutlet on a piece of “Borodinsky” bread, and serve it on the table.

Bon appetit!

Herring appetizer on toast

A very tasty and simple snack on crispy toast will not leave anyone indifferent. Even children will happily crunch on this sandwich.

Crispy herring appetizer on toast

To prepare the crispy snack you will need:

  • Lightly salted herring – 1 piece;
  • Egg – 5 pieces;
  • Green onions - to taste;
  • Dill - a small bunch;
  • Mayonnaise - to taste;
  • Salt - to taste;
  • Loaf or baguette – 1 piece.

Let's start cooking:

Step 1. Clean the herring from the entrails, remove the head and remove the skin. Separate the fillet from the backbone, remove all bones. Cut the fillet into pieces 2 cm wide.

Step 2. Hard boil the eggs, cool in cold water, and peel. Place them in a deep bowl and pound them with a fork or potato masher.

Step 3: Finely chop the green onions and add to the egg.

Step 4. Add mayonnaise to the egg to your taste, add salt at your discretion and mix it well again to get a fine, homogeneous mass.

Step 5. Finely chop the parsley and add it to the eggs as well.

Step 6. Now take the bread, if you have a loaf, then each piece will need to be cut into 3 parts across the piece. If you have a baguette, then you just need to cut it into pieces. Now prepare the croutons, this can be done using a toaster or frying them in a frying pan until golden brown on both sides.

Your croutons are ready to serve!

Beautiful appetizer of herring and cheese

Simply an incredibly tasty appetizer, the combination of herring and cheese is very successful. The taste is simply amazing and none of your guests will ignore it.

Beautiful appetizer of herring and cheese
  • Lightly salted herring – 1 large piece;
  • Processed cream cheese – 150;
  • Butter – 50 g;
  • Dill – 2-3 sprigs;
  • Parsley - 2 sprigs;
  • Lemon juice - half a teaspoon.

Let's start cooking:

Step 1. Clean the herring from the insides, remove the head, remove the skin. Separate the fillet from the backbone, remove all the bones, but only remove it carefully, the fillet should remain intact. Make shallow cuts across the fillet. Sprinkle it with lemon juice and set it aside for now. If you don’t want sourness in the fish, then you don’t have to use juice at all.

Step 2: Place the butter in a warm place to soften it, but do not let it melt.

Step 5. Let's start creating the appetizer:

  1. Take one fillet and place half of the cheese mass on it so that the mass falls into the cuts; you can first spread it by pushing it thinly into the cuts, and then put the rest on top.
  2. Do the same with the second fillet.
  3. Combine the fillet halves into one whole fish, wrap tightly in cling film and put the herring in the refrigerator for a couple of hours to allow the cheese mass to harden.

Step 6: Next, remove the fish from the refrigerator and cut it into pieces.

Appetizer with herring in beetroot pancake

The original appetizer of beetroot pancakes looks very beautiful and festive on the table. With this dish you will definitely surprise your guests with a unique and new treat.

Beetroot rolls with herring

To prepare this snack you will need:

  • Herring fillet in oil – 400 g;
  • Processed cream cheese – 400 g.

For pancakes:

  • Beetroot – 250 g;
  • Ryazhenka – 150 g;
  • Milk – 250 g;
  • Wheat flour – 300 g;
  • Egg – 1 piece;
  • Sugar – 1 tablespoon;
  • Salt – 1 heaped teaspoon;
  • Refined sunflower oil – 50 g.

Let's start cooking:

Step 1. Let's start with pancakes.

  1. To do this, you first need to cook the beets until tender and peel them. Then grind it with a blender or pass it through a meat grinder with a fine mesh, preferably a couple of times, so that it turns into puree.
  2. Add the egg, fermented baked milk and half a serving of milk to the beets, add salt to taste and mix well.
  3. Now begin to gradually add flour, stirring the dough with a whisk until the flour runs out. You will get a thick dough, then gradually stirring in the same way, add the second half of the milk, so the dough will acquire the desired consistency.
  4. Place a frying pan on the fire and pour a little oil on it; when the oil is hot, pour a pancake on it in the same way as you always fry pancakes. Try not to make them very thick, but remember that the composition includes beets and they won’t turn out as thin as a regular pancake, because they will tear. Fry the pancakes on both sides. Let them cool completely.

Step 2. Remove the herring from the oil and place it in a colander to drain excess oil. Cut each fillet into 3 strips lengthwise.

Step 3. Forming a roll:

  1. Take a pancake and grate the cheese onto it using a coarse grater, it should be high in fat, spread the cheese over the entire surface.
  2. Stepping back from the edge, place a strip of herring on it.
  3. Roll up each pancake like this and put them in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

Step 4. Then take them out of the refrigerator and cut them into pieces diagonally, place the pieces beautifully on a plate and serve.

Bon appetit!

Herring appetizer in tartlets

An excellent portioned dish that doesn’t require much time to prepare, looks great on the table and is convenient to take with you. This dish is well suited for any holiday or just a change in the everyday menu.

Tartlets with herring and melted cheese

To prepare snacks in tartlets you will need:

  • Herring – 1 piece;
  • Carrots – 1 medium size;
  • Processed cream cheese – 100 g;
  • Butter – 50 g;
  • Garlic – 2 cloves;
  • Ground black pepper - to taste;
  • The tartlets are ready.

Let's start cooking:

Step 1. The carrots need to be cooked until tender, cooled, peeled and grated on the finest grater.

Step 2. Clean the herring from everything unnecessary, remove the skin, separate the fillet from the ridge. Remove all bones, even small ones. Chop the herring as finely as possible.

Step 3. The butter must be removed from the refrigerator in advance so that it softens.

Step 4. Grate the processed cheese on a coarse grater and combine it with butter, beat them with a blender, if you don’t have one, mix well with a fork until you get a homogeneous mass like cream.

Step 5. Combine all ingredients, pepper to your taste, and mix everything thoroughly until smooth.

Step 6. Fill the tartlets with this mixture and place them in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

Before serving, decorate the tartlets with sprigs of herbs or pieces of vegetables.

Your tartlets are ready to serve!

Appetizer with herring in puff pastry

The successful composition of products perfectly merges into one unique taste. A very tasty treat for guests and loved ones both on a holiday and on a weekday.

Appetizer with herring in puff pastry

To prepare you will need:

  • Salted or lightly salted herring – 1 piece;
  • Apple – 100 g;
  • Green onions - to taste;
  • Egg – 3 pieces;
  • Boiled rice – 60 g;
  • Puff pastry – 500 g.

Let's start cooking:

Step 1. First you need to bake the puff pastry.

  1. To do this, defrost the puff pastry and cut it or press it into any shape you want.
  2. Take a baking sheet, line it with parchment paper and place your dough on it, place it in the oven preheated to 180°, bake until the dough turns golden.
  3. Remove it from the oven and let it cool.

Step 2. Now prepare all the ingredients for the filling.

Take a deep bowl and place all the ingredients there as you prepare.

  1. Clean the herring of everything unnecessary, remove the peel, separate the fillet from the ridge, remove all the bones. Cut the fillet randomly into pieces and grind it with a blender, but not to the point of pate, it should be very small pieces. Place it in a bowl for filling.
  2. Peel the apple and remove the core. Chop it to grind in a blender. Add peeled and chopped onion to the apple. Grind them in a blender until pureed. Add to herring.
  3. The eggs need to be soft-boiled, cooled, peeled and also ground in a blender until pureed and added to the herring.
  4. Add pre-boiled rice to the resulting mass; it should be 60 grams when finished.
  5. Mix the filling well until smooth.

Step 3. Now take the baked puff pastry, carefully make a cut in it at the top to create a pocket for the filling and fill it with your herring filling. Decorate with greens.

Your layered treat is ready!

Herring appetizer in mustard sauce

This herring will serve as an excellent snack at a holiday, especially for men who like to eat strong alcohol with it. It goes well with all side dishes and is therefore suitable for an everyday menu.

Herring appetizer in mustard sauce

To prepare herring you will need:

  • Lightly salted herring – 1 large piece;
  • “French” mustard – 1 tablespoon;
  • Mustard “Russian classic” – 1 tablespoon;
  • Onions – 2 large pieces;
  • Lemon – 1 piece;
  • Sugar – 0.5 teaspoon;
  • Refined sunflower oil – 30 g.

Let's start cooking:

Step 1. Clean the herring from the entrails, remove the head, and carefully remove the skin. Separate the fillet from the backbone, removing all the bones you can. Cut the herring into pieces 2 cm wide.

Step 2. Now make the marinade:

  1. Mix butter and sugar.
  2. Cut half a lemon and squeeze out all the juice, add to the butter and sugar and stir until the sugar dissolves.
  3. Next, add “French” and “Russian” mustard to it, and mix everything well.

Step 3. Peel the onion and cut into half rings. If the onion head is not large in size, then you can cut it into rings.

Step 4. Place the herring in a slightly recessed bowl, place the onion on top and pour the mustard marinade over it.

Step 5. Slice the other half of the lemon and place it around the herring as a garnish.

Your herring is ready to serve!

Herring appetizer “False caviar”

An excellent appetizer for a holiday, the taste is exactly like red caviar. Great for sandwiches. It can be used to fill tartlets or puff pastry. In general, there are a lot of options for using it.

Herring appetizer “False caviar”

To prepare false red caviar you will need:

  • Lightly salted herring – 1 large piece;
  • Carrots – 1 large piece;
  • Butter – 100 g;
  • Processed cream cheese with high fat content – ​​100 g.

Let's start cooking:

Initially, mix all the ingredients in one bowl.

Step 1. Boil the carrots until fully cooked, cool them, and peel them. Cut it randomly into pieces.

Step 2. Clean the herring from the insides, remove the head, remove the peel, separate the fish fillet from its ridge. Remove all the bones, even the smallest ones need to be removed, don’t be afraid to damage the fillet when you remove the bones, you can take it apart, you don’t need it whole anyway. Cut it into pieces as you like and add to the carrots.

Step 3. Cut the cheese into cubes and also add to the carrots and herring.

Step 4. Cut the butter, like the cheese, into cubes, wait until it softens, but if it is already very soft, just mix it with a fork with the rest of the ingredients.

Step 5. Now blend it all using a blender. If you have a food processor or blender with a vessel, then you can simply put all the ingredients in it.

If you don’t have a blender or a food processor, then pass the mixed ingredients through a meat grinder with a fine mesh, preferably 2 times, the mass should have the consistency of a pate.

Step 6. Then put the mixture into any container, preferably a container with a lid, and place the mixture in the refrigerator for 1 hour until it hardens.

Now your “false caviar” is ready, you can spread it, for example, on croutons or put it in tartlets, garnish with herbs and serve to guests.

Bon appetit!

Appetizer with herring in potato baskets

A delicious appetizer suitable for any occasion. It is prepared in portions and will be very convenient for guests to take. Potato baskets make it a complete dish that does not require a side dish.

To prepare baskets with herring you will need:

Appetizer with herring in potato baskets

For filling the baskets:

  • Herring fillet in oil – 150 g
  • Fat cottage cheese – 150 g
  • Apple – 100 g
  • Spinach – 50 g

For the baskets:

  • Potatoes – 500 g
  • Dutch cheese – 60 g
  • Egg – 1 piece
  • Salt - to taste
  • Ground black pepper - to taste.

Let's start cooking:

Potato baskets

Step 1. First you need to make the baskets themselves.

  1. To do this, peel the potatoes and grate them on a coarse grater. Take a colander, line it with a piece of gauze and place grated potatoes in it, let the juice drain, collect it in a gauze bag and squeeze out the potato juice well; if there is a lot of it, it will interfere with baking.
  2. When you have already squeezed out the excess juice from the potatoes, pour it into a deep bowl and break an egg into it.
  3. Grate the hard cheese onto a coarse grater and add it to the potatoes.
  4. Salt and pepper the potatoes to your taste. Mix all ingredients well.
  5. Now take the cake tins, put a tablespoon of potato mixture into each tin and smooth it out so that the potatoes take the shape of a basket.
  6. Place the molds on a baking sheet, then turn on the oven and preheat it to 180°, place the baking sheet with the molds in the oven for 30 minutes or a little longer until the potatoes become golden brown. When they are ready, remove them from the oven and let them cool.

Step 2. Now prepare the filling itself.

  1. To do this, remove the fillet from the oil and wipe off excess oil with a napkin. Cut the fillet into pieces of any shape. The filling will be mixed with a blender, so the shape of the cut does not matter.
  2. Peel the apple, remove the core, and cut into pieces.
  3. Just chop the spinach like cabbage so it will be easier to chop.
  4. Simply add the cottage cheese to the rest of the filling ingredients.
  5. Now grind all the ingredients for the filling: herring, spinach, cottage cheese and apple using a blender, or in any other way that is available to you. The mass should have the consistency of a pate.

Step 3. Now fill the potato baskets with this herring mixture; it is better to do this using a pastry bag with a nozzle, it will be more beautiful.

Your potato and herring baskets are ready to serve.

Bon appetit!

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