Flemish Fishermen's Salad

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 ounces dried beans
• 1 onion
• 1 sprig savory
• 8 ounces potatoes
• 2 cooked beets
• 4 herring fillets
• 3 1/3 fluid ounces mayonnaise
• 1 shallot
• 1 teaspoon french mustard
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
• 4 gherkins

Recipe

• 1 soak the beans overnight.
• 2 the next day, put the beans in boiling salted water with the onion (cut in two) and the savory.
• 3 when they are all cooked but still firm, drain them and remove the onion and savory.
• 4 cook the potatoes in boiling salted water, peel and dice them.
• 5 dice the beets.
• 6 cut the kipper fillets into 1-inch strips and mix them in a salad bowl with the potatoes, beans and beets.
• 7 chop the shallot, parsley and gherkins and mix them into the mayonnaise and mustard.
• 8 spoon the sauce over the salad and mix carefully.