sig's herring salad

• 3 salted or mild pickled herrings
• 1 small peeled, cooked beetroot ,cooked until soft all the way through , finely chopped, set aside a tablespoon of the boiling juice
• 1 large carrot,cut into julienne, very fine strips, cooked until soft .
• 1 tbsp mascarpone
• 1 tsp fine sugar
• 1 tsp balsamic vinegar (only use half a teaspoon or to taste if using pickled herring)
• 1 pinch each sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper, or to taste

1. If the herring is very salty put in milk for half an hour to drain out some of the salt then chop into little equal sized pieces
2. boil the beetroot and very fine julienned carrots in a little water with the sugar until soft ,
3. cool down ,chop beetroot into tiny cubes.
4. mix carrots and beetroot with balsamic vinegar, add a little sugar if not sweet enough
5. mix with the mascarpone ,If not moist enough mix with some of the juice set aside.
6. this makes 2 main meal salads or 4 starter salads.
7. serve with peppery green salad leaves

herrings, boiling juice, carrot, mascarpone, sugar, balsamic vinegar, salt

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/359691-sigs-herring-salad (may not work)