Ingredients: lightly salted herring – 300 g (2 fillets); hard-boiled egg – 1; tart apple – 1; red onion – 1; bread roll – 50 g; milk – 50 ml; butter – 40 g (2 tablespoons); salt – to taste (optional); green onions – for garnish.
Preparation
Finely chop the herring fillets and onion, grate the and , cut the bread roll into pieces and soak it in milk. Combine the chopped ingredients and add to the mixture of herring, onion, apple, bread, and egg the finely diced butter. Mix everything together, add a little salt if desired (keeping in mind the saltiness of the herring), and refrigerate for a few hours.
Before serving, shape the forshemak into quenelles, place them on toast, and sprinkle with chopped for garnish.
Life Hack
To speed up the preparation, you can pass the ingredients through a meat grinder, but avoid using a blender to prevent a paste-like consistency. If you choose to use regular yellow onion instead of the sweet red onion, reduce the amount by half or blanch it in boiling water for a milder flavor. Additionally, immediately after grating, sprinkle the apple with lemon juice to prevent browning from oxidation.
