Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   6                    pickled herring -- drained
   1      large         onion -- peeled
                        chopped
   1                    garlic clove -- crushed
   6                    eggs -- (hard-cooked),
                        -- peeled and chopped
   1                    apple -- cored and chopped
   1      teaspoon      lemon juice
   1      cup           sour cream
     1/4  teaspoon      salt
     1/4  teaspoon      pepper
   2      tablespoons   dill or parsley -- (fresh), chopped

Preparation:

Cut herring into small cubes. Mix herring with onion, eggs, apple and lemon juice. Combine sour cream, garlic, salt and pepper; add to herring mixture and mix well. Sprinkle with dill or parsley. Serve with rye bread. NOTES: * Pickled Herring in Sour Cream -- This recipe could be used as part of a 12- course meal known in Polish as Wigilia, or on its own. Wigilia is eaten after sundown on Christmas Eve. Yield: Serves 4-6. Original recipe passed down through the generations and translated from Polish into English (with a few mods) by Edward Chrzanowski