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Sherry matjes herring on wholegrain bread
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Sherry matjes herring on wholegrain bread

Matjes herring in sherry on dark wholegrain bread, with boiled egg, tartare sauce, capers and quick-pickled red onion.

Cooking time20-30 min
Difficulty levelEasy

Ingredients

Preparation

Pickled red onion

  • Peel the onion and cut into very thin rings.
  • Mix the vinegar, sugar and salt, add the onion rings and leave to stand for at least 10 minutes.

Eggs

  • Boil the eggs for 8 minutes, then rinse under cold water, peel and cut into slices.

Tartare sauce

  • Mix the mayonnaise with the gherkins, capers, shallot and mustard.
  • Stir in the parsley and lemon juice and season to taste with salt and pepper.

Assembly

  • Butter the slices of bread and spread with a little tartare sauce.
  • Arrange the egg slices on top and place a herring fillet on each slice.
  • Add a spoonful of the remaining tartare sauce.
  • Drain the onion rings and scatter over the fish with the capers.
  • Finish with chives and freshly ground black pepper and serve immediately.