Herring salad (Finnish: sillisalaatti, Swedish: sillsallad, Norwegian: sildesalat) is a mixed salad consisting of cut and salted herring, beetroot, potato, onion, mayonnaise and whipped cream.
The salad is made of cooked potatoes and carrots cut into small cubical pieces and served on a tray.
The salad can be eaten with a sauce made of whipped cream and vinegar.
[citation needed] The name "rosolli" comes from the Russian language.
The original Russian word "rassol" meant a brine of pickled gherkins.