Herring & Melon Salad

By linzarella • July 13, 2011 • 0 Comments

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Author Notes: Bi Rite Market in San Francisco makes this great pickled herring. It doesn't have the cream sauce, which is how I usually see pickled herring, and it's tart and refreshing and delicious. I threw it into a melon & goat cheese salad and it tasted like it was meant to be.

If you can't find pickled herring without the cream sauce, I bet that kind would work just fine here. Or perhaps smoked trout. - linzarella

Serves 2

1 cup melon, balled or cubed
1/2 firm avocado, diced
1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
a few handfulls arugula
6 ounces pickled herring, cut into 1/2" cubes
3 tablespoons olive oil
fleur de sel, to taste
pepper, to taste
1 lemon

Combine first six ingredients in a large bowl. Drizzle with olive oil and toss well. Add fluer de sel and pepper and toss again. Finish with juice from the lemon.