Mayonnaise-free shuba (herring under a fur coat)

  Shuba is a traditional Ukrainian layered salad made from salted herring, beet, potato, and carrot. This dish is usually dressed with mayonnaise, but today we’re going to cook a mayonnaise-free version and cook our salad with sunflower oil. Shuba is often made in most Slavic households and is also known in Ukraine as herring under a fur coat or seledka pod shuboi. This salad has been passed down from generations to generations and is a must have for major Ukrainian holidays. With Christmas and New Year just around the...

Herring and Vegetable Salad

This flavor-packed salad is filled with lots of stuff! It includes the combination of fresh and boiled vegetables, eggs, and light-salted herring. All the ingredients are layered on a serving plate so the layers can be seen in all their colourful beauty. This salad is a good alternative to traditional herring, beetroot, potato, and onion salad. It includes some new and fresh ingredients which perfectly complement light-salted herring. Just try to cook! The salad is good for some holidays, picnics, parties, and any other get-togethers. It looks gorgeous. It tastes...

Herring in “shuba-coat”

Now we offer you one more version of the traditional salad – Herring in “shuba-coat”. It is the interpretation of the most beloved festival salad. This salad Ukrainians like very much and cook often. Today we will cook herring with carrot, beetroot, onion, and egg. The variation is good while it has a wonderful accompaniment. Also it has a little secret in cooking which gives the usual salad a new flavor. The New Year 2015 is the year of the Sheep. As we know a sheep likes flowers and grass....