Perfect Pickled Herring Salad

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 handful of small waxy potato
• 1/4 red onion, sliced finely
• 1 good sweet organic carrot
• 1 bag of mache lettuce (lamb's lettuce)
• fillets pickled herring (you can buy good jars of pickled herrings but go for ones which are left as whole fillets and haven')
• half a crushed garlic clove
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard (may contain wine)
• 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar (not halal)
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 boil the potatoes in salted water until they are soft. meanwhile, peel the carrot and slice into thin little rounds.
• 2 make the vinaigrette by mixing the garlic, mustard and vinegar and whisking in the oil. season well.
• 3 when the potatoes are cooked, slice into pieces thick enough that they hold together but are not too thick.
• 4 dress the potatoes, carrot, lettuce and onion with the vinaigrette, and finally the herring slices and pile onto a plate.