What distinguishes Russian herring salad from the ordinary kind?

The Russian version additionally has apple and cucumber, and a rich cooked sauce with egg yolks, mustard, oil and beetroot vinegar instead of just cream, sugar and vinegar.

Why is the salad mixed with two forks?

Two forks gently toss the ingredients together without crushing the small dice, so the salad keeps its shape.

Russian Herring Salad with Mustard Sauce

Russian herring salad from Kogebog for skole og hjem (1900): soaked herring, meat, beetroot, raw apple, cucumber, potatoes and hard-boiled egg in small equal dice, dressed with a cooked sauce of butter, flour, meat stock, egg yolks, pepper, mustard, oil, beetroot vinegar and salt. Tossed with two forks.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken & Caroline Steen, Kogebog for skole og hjem, 1900-utg. s. 241 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

En rikere variant av sildesalaten, «russisk» stil, med både epler og agurk og en fyldig, emulgert saus av smørjevning, eggeplommer, sennep, olje og rødbeteeddik. De to sildesalatvariantene (vanlig og russisk) står side om side i originalen og er begge ekte oppskrifter.

How to make it

1
Cut up
Cut the soaked herring, boiled or fried meat, beetroot, raw apples, cucumber, boiled potatoes and 1 hard-boiled egg into fairly small dice – equal parts of each.
2
Mix
Mix everything well together with the finely chopped onion.
3
Make the sauce
Melt the butter, stir in the flour and thin with the meat stock. Bring it to a boil and let it cool a little.
4
Finish the sauce
Stir in the egg yolks and then the pepper, mustard, oil, beetroot vinegar and salt.
5
Fold together
Gently fold the sauce into the salad using two forks, so the pieces keep their shape.

Changes from the original

Sausmengdene beholdt (metrisk), spiseske til ss, theske til ts, dcl til dl. Hovedingrediensene i salaten er ukvantifiserte i originalen bortsett fra 3 sild, 1 spiseske løk og 1 hardkokt egg. Fremgangsmåten hentet fra halen på side 242.

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What distinguishes Russian herring salad from the ordinary kind?: The Russian version additionally has apple and cucumber, and a rich cooked sauce with egg yolks, mustard, oil and beetroot vinegar instead of just cream, sugar and vinegar.
Why is the salad mixed with two forks?: Two forks gently toss the ingredients together without crushing the small dice, so the salad keeps its shape.

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