What can I cook sandwiches with herring on brown bread

Herring is the queen of the Russian table. For the new year, birthday, or just for a family dinner - you can always serve this fish in different ways and a dish with herring will undoubtedly bring gastronomic pleasure.

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If suddenly, traveling somewhere abroad, you ask a random passerby his favorite dish, and in return you hear a mention of a herring, then this will definitely be a person with a Russian soul. Herring is very popular in Russia, and what kind of dishes from this amazing fish you will not find on the served table: an integral attribute of the New Year's table is a herring under a fur coat, a herring hehe, even the most ordinary salted fish with boiled potatoes sprinkled with fresh dill … is that something awesome.

Another interesting option for serving herring to the table is sandwiches. This homemade snack has a low calorie content and is also easy to prepare. The most successful flavoring duo of herring is considered to be a buterbread with rye or, as it is commonly called, brown bread.

Classic herring sandwich

This simple recipe is becoming increasingly popular among the locals of our country, as it is easy to prepare and will not take too much time, if suddenly the guests suddenly arrived.

You will need the following products:

slightly salted herring;
Borodino bread - a few slices, depending on how many people you need to cook a snack;
butter;
dill, cilantro, parsley, onions - for decoration, to whom more is to your taste.

You can buy herring already ready in the store, or you can pickle it yourself. In the latter case, you will need to take care of the snack in advance. Butcher herring. At the end of the article it will be possible to learn how to do this correctly so that there is not a single bone left in the fillet, which will not be very convenient to pull out from the finished snack when it is consumed.

Then cut into portions. The size of the slices depends on the size of the slices of bread. In this recipe, this is an unprincipled moment - sandwiches can be both large and small. Next, butter bread and spread the pieces of herring, garnish with a sprig of greens on top, for lovers of onions, you can also put a ring of onions.

Beet and Herring Sandwiches

Such an appetizer will contain more calories compared to the previous version due to roasting bread and adding mayonnaise. But the whole trick of the spicy taste of beet sandwiches is precisely in these actions.

Essential Ingredients:

slightly salted herring - 1 piece;
beets - 1 large or 2 medium pieces;
eggs - 2-3 pieces;
rye bread - the required number of slices;
mayonnaise - 100 grams;
green onions, dill.

Step by step recipe:

Cut the bread into small pieces - a couple of bites. In a well-heated non-stick pan in a small amount of odorless sunflower oil, fry the bread on one side until crisp.
Peel the boiled and cooled beets in advance, grate on a fine grater. If a lot of juice will appear, it is recommended to drain it.
Peel boiled eggs, grate or finely chop.
Pass the garlic through the garlic press and make a sauce of garlic, salt and mayonnaise (you can use sour cream, but mayonnaise better shade the taste of herring).
Mix beets with eggs and garlic sauce.
On a flat wide plate, lay the bread with the fried side down. On the unroasted side, spread a mixture of beets and eggs. Put slices of slightly salted herring on top.
Garnish with chopped green onions or a sprig of dill.

In fact, here you can come up with several designs of appetizers with beets and herring. The main thing is to get creative in the process. You can simply spread the sandwiches over the entire surface evenly, as indicated in the recipe.

And you can separately mix beets with mayonnaise, eggs with mayonnaise and finely chopped onions with sauce. Arrange on slices of bread in colored fractions, as shown in the photograph below.