Shuba (Fur Coat Salad) recipe
Shuba (Fur Coat Salad) is a layered salad whose primary ingredient is herring. In Russian, shuba is a fur or fur-lined overcoat or cloak. So this dish is known as herring under a fur coat! It consists of layers of diced pickled herring, grated boiled vegetables, chopped onions and mayonnaise. It is most commonly eaten at Christmas or New Year but I like to make it in summer too!
Start by boiling the vegetables and grating them. Chop herring and onion. The most important part of this recipe is the layering. I advise that you follow my order for two reasons: placing the heaviest layer (potatoes) at the bottom helps keep the salad sturdy. Next add layers of onions, herring, carrots, mayonnaise, beets and finish the salad with another thin layer of mayonnaise on top.
To make Shuba (Fur Coat Salad), you will need the following ingredients:
Steps to make Shuba (Fur Coat Salad)
- 1
Cook the beets
45
Boil 3 beets in a small pot for about 45 minutes.
- 2
Cook potatoes and carrots
25
In a separate pot, boil potatoes and carrots for 25 minutes.
- 3
Cool cooked vegetables
15
At the end of the cooking time, remove all ingredients from the boiling water and let them cool.
- 4
Grate cooled vegetables
10
Once cooled, peel and grate the potatoes, carrots and beets separately using a box grater.
- 5
Chop fish and onions
3
Finely chop 1 pound of herring and 1 small onion.
- 6
Start layering
3
Take a 9 inch circular (or square) mold and place it on a large plate. Start by placing potatoes on the bottom.
- 7
Add onion and herring layer
2
Place a layer of onion and herring on top of the potatoes.
- 8
Add layers of carrot, mayonnaise and beets
5
Next, add a layer each of carrot, mayonnaise followed by beets and lastly a thin layer of mayonnaise on top.
- 9
Chill
6 h
Place the salad in the refrigerator to chill for at least 6 hours.
- 10
Serve
Carefully remove the mold immediately before serving.
Recipe Reviews
Affordable, simple and looks cool as heck. What's not to love?
Mine turned out exactly like the photo and has a refreshing taste to it too would recommend.
I've never seen a salad that looked like a cake..totally trying this out!!!
This was good and all but have you guys seen the meatloaf cake?!!
Affordable, simple and looks cool as heck. What's not to love?
Use some salad dressing over the top if you want it to look like a glazed cake ;)
Very creative looking and tasted great too will be making it a lot more often and sharing it with my friends.
I've never seen a salad that looked like a cake..totally trying this out!!!
Jelena and her fantastic recipes...thanks for another good one keep up the good work.
Very creative looking and tasted great too will be making it a lot more often and sharing it with my friends.
Such an awesome idea love me some unique looking foods even if it's not dessert the fur coat salad is worth a mention at every lunch date.
This was good and all but have you guys seen the meatloaf cake?!!
Such an awesome idea love me some unique looking foods even if it's not dessert the fur coat salad is worth a mention at every lunch date.
Couldn't for the life of me figure out how you guy made everything stay so just ended up mixing everything into a bowl and eating it like a normal salad.
Fantastic Russian shuba! I've been looking for this recipe for so long.
Fantastic Russian shuba! I've been looking for this recipe for so long.
I love it! Thanks!
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