Vegan herring salad

Beetroot harmonises wonderfully with fried eggplant, sour apple, and gherkins in this update of this classic dish, while soya yoghurt makes the salad nice and creamy. A sheet of nori provides the taste of fish, making the vegan herring salad very similar to the original.

This vegan recipe provided courtesy of Patrick Bolk's German-published cookbook So geht vegan!

Ingredients

1

aubergine
lemon juice to taste
salt to taste
1 sheet

nori
1

sour apple
2-3

beetroots pre-cooked
1

red onion small
5

gherkins
200 grams

soya yoghurt unsweetened
2-3 tbsp

gherkin stock
1-2 tbsp

dill grated
pepper coarsely ground, to taste
1 tbsp

oil neutral-tasting

Instructions

Peel the aubergine and cut it into slices lengthwise, then cut these into approximately 4-by-2 centimetre pieces and lay them out on a wooden board. Sprinkle both sides with lemon juice and salt. Then weigh down with another wooden board and some books and leave to rest for at least 1 hour.
Tear the nori sheet into medium-size strips and soak them in water, also for at least 1 hour.
Finely dice the apple, beetroot, onion, and gherkins, and fold them into the yoghurt. Remove the nori from the water, finely chop it, and stir into the mixture. Season with gherkin stock, dill, salt, and pepper.
Dab the aubergine pieces dry and then fry them in an oiled pan that has been preheated to a high temperature. Then allow them to cool completely. Carefully fold the cooled aubergine pieces into the yoghurt mixture.