Recipe: Herring in Furs by Alissa Timoshkina's – Neal's Yard Dairy

Ingredients

• 1 raw red beetroot, washed
• mild vegetable oil, for rubbing and dressing the beetroot
• 8–10 baby potatoes, scrubbed
• 8–10 baby carrots, scrubed
• 2 eggs
• about 4 teaspoons beetroot juice (see method)
• 250g crème fraîche
• 1 small garlic clove, grated
• 2 pinches of sea salt flakes, plus more to taste
• 4 salted herring fillets in oil
• small bunch of dill
• good-quality unrefined sunflower oil, for drizzling