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Smoked herring, pickled red onion & mustardy potato salad

Herring is a great alternative to mackerel, which isn’t sustainable right now. Paired with a bright pickled onion and a dill-mustardy potato, this recipe from Charmaine Katz is a weeknight joy, and there are lots more fish recipes to discover too. Follow Charmaine on Instagram

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Gluten freeLow in saturated fat
  • Serves2
  • CourseMain meal
  • Prepare15 mins
  • Cook15 mins
  • Total time30 mins

Ingredients

  • ½ red onion, thinly sliced 
  • 2 lemons. juice
  • 500g waxy potatoes, such as La Ratte or baby new 
  • 2 tbsp wholegrain or Dijon mustard 
  • 20g pack dill, half chopped 
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling 
  • 210g pack (typical weight) Scottish hot peppered smoked herring fillets

Method

  1. Prepare the pickled onions. Add the onion and the juice of 1½ lemons to a small bowl, season with salt and set aside. This could be done in advance and will keep, covered, for up to 3 days in the fridge. Simmer the potatoes in salted water for 10-15 minutes until tender. Once cooked, drain, and let them steam dry for a few minutes.

  2. Meanwhile, make the dressing. In a bowl large enough to hold the potatoes, add the mustard, the remaining lemon juice and the chopped dill, then season generously with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Whisk together, slowly drizzling in the oil.

  3. When cool enough to handle, break the potatoes in half, add to the dressing and toss well. Taste and season, if needed.

  4. Plate mounds of the dressed potatoes, flaked herring fillets (discard the skin and any large bones) and dill fronds alongside one another, with the drained pickled onions in the middle. Finish with more oil, then season again, if you like.

Cook’s tip

You could add more briny things – capers, cornichons, some sauerkraut and certainly more herbs or greenery. Use the dressing as your base then go forth and smörgåsbord.

Nutritional

Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe

Energy

2,308kJ/ 552kcals

Fat

28.8g

Saturated Fat

4.7g

Carbohydrates

40g

Sugars

6.4g

Fibre

7.6g

Protein

29.6g

Salt

3.3g

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