Herring Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 onion, diced
4 medium beets, boiled and shredded
5 small pickles, diced
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
4 pickled-herring fillets

Preparation

Boil beets until tender to the fork. The skin should be tearing and should peel off easily by hand.
Cool beets in water and peel by hand.
Add all ingredients except for mayo/herring to bowl and mix.
If desired, freeze some or all for later preparation.
Dice pickled herring fillets and add with mayo to taste.