Meanwhile, in a saucepan, cover the potatoes and carrots with at least 2 inches of water and boil until tender, about 15 minutes for the carrots and 20 minutes for the potatoes.

Alongside Olivier (aka Russian) salad, “Herring under a fur coat” occupies a central place on the Russian New Year table. Since the late 1970s, housewives (and more recently a handful of house ...

2 skinless, salted herring fillets o 2 medium-sized beetroot o 2 potatoes o 2 carrots o 1 onion o 3 eggs o 1.5 cups mayonnaise o Salt o Black pepper o Preparation Boil eggs until hard.

October 27, 2015 at 11:37 pm PDT. Herring Under a Fur Coat at Kachka. 720 SE Grand Ave., 235-0059, kachkapdx.com. Kachka chef Bonnie Morales was once embarrassed by the Russian food she grew up ...

In Russian cuisine, there are basically two types of dishes: those you immediately recognise, and others that keep you guessing right up to the first bite. Most fall into the first category ...

SIEGEL: And Malakoff says that while there's no literal coat involved, herring under a fur coat is quite a sight. MALAKOFF: When you cut through this really nice, white, creamy, textured top, ...

Shuba, or dressed herring, fills many Russian hearts with nostalgia. Also known as "herring under a fur coat“, it was a traditional New Year’s Eve dish in the Soviet era - and is still a much ...

Elvira Nabiullina says Russians will get to enjoy some lower prices in time for New Year’s Eve parties, but her countrymen aren’t buying it.

Such is the popular dressed herring, which, in Russian, is provocatively named “herring under a fur coat”. At first glance it’s hard to know what to make of it.