Ham salads - general principles and methods of preparation
Ham is an excellent ingredient for salad, the use of which makes the dish more nutritious and nutritious. This product goes well with cheese, mushrooms, tomatoes and sweet red pepper, it is not surprising that these ingredients are present in most recipes.
Ham salads are prepared very quickly, because the product does not require additional processing, as is the case with the same chicken, beef or fish. If among the ingredients for the salad there are fresh vegetables, they are simply cut into fairly small pieces.
Mayonnaise is traditionally used for dressing, sometimes kefir can serve as an alternative to it. For lovers of salads with butter, a mixture of mustard, black pepper, vinegar, olive oil and salt is perfect.
Ham salads - product preparation
The process of making ham salad is incredibly simple, no preliminary preparation of products is required, it is enough that all the ingredients are finely chopped or grated (we are talking about hard cheese) and put in special containers for serving.
Recipe 1: Salad with Cheese and Ham
Hearty and nutritious salad. The recipe has long been adopted by Russian housewives, who do not forget about it on the eve of the ceremonial meeting of the guests.
Ingredients:
- 150 grams of ham;
- 2 eggs;
- 1 bell pepper;
- 250 grams of cherry tomatoes;
- 100 grams of hard cheese;
- 150 grams of salad;
- 4 tablespoons of olive oil;
- 1 teaspoon of French mustard;
- 2 tablespoons of wine vinegar;
- ground black pepper;
- salt.
Cooking method
Cut the ham into small cubes or straws, do the same with pepper and boiled eggs. With cheese, you can do as you want, for example, cut into slices or grate on a coarse grater. Cherry tomatoes are enough to halve.
We proceed to the salad, in no case can it be cut, otherwise the taste and aroma will be lost, the beautiful green pieces will darken. We tear the salad with our hands.
The dressing for our ham salad is a specially prepared sauce. Mix vinegar, olive oil, mustard, black pepper and salt to a homogeneous consistency.
Mix all the ingredients of the salad with ham and season with the sauce.
Recipe 2: Ham and Mushroom Salad
Mushrooms wonderfully complement ham, giving it a special taste and aroma.
Ingredients:
- 200 grams of ham (you can take a balyk, brisket or ham);
- 300 grams of champignons;
- 3 eggs;
- 2 onions;
- 250 grams of tomatoes;
- 250 grams of mayonnaise;
- ground black pepper;
- a few tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- salt.
Cooking method
Boil mushrooms in advance, cut into small pieces, fry in vegetable oil for 10-15 minutes.
Finely chop the onion, fry in vegetable oil.
Cut the ham into cubes or strips.
Grate the eggs.
Separately cut the tomatoes into small pieces, after which it is necessary to strain the juice (if it appeared), otherwise the salad will not look very presentable.
Mix, pepper and salt all the ingredients for the salad.
The final touch is to add mayonnaise.
Recipe 3: Ham Smoothie Salad
It would seem like ordinary products, but the sweetish taste of the added fruit completely changes the attitude to the salad, makes it incredibly juicy, allowing you to call the beautiful word "cocktail".
Ingredients:
- 300 grams of boiled chicken fillet (you should not take too dry meat, it is better to mix the chicken and the breast);
- 150 grams of ham;
- 50 grams of hard cheese;
- 3 eggs;
- 1 fresh cucumber;
- 2 ripe kiwi;
- 50 grams of canned corn;
- 100 grams of mayonnaise or sour cream;
- greens (dill, parsley);
- salt.
Cooking method
Cut the ham and chicken into small strips, do the same with boiled eggs and kiwi, grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Prepare a sauce of mayonnaise or sour cream, you can mix the ingredients in a proportion of 50x50.
We spread the ingredients in a bowl or salad bowl so that the products create a harmony of color. The sauce is poured over the products.
So that all layers are saturated, it is necessary to put the salad-cocktail for 1-1.5 hours in the refrigerator.
Recipe 4: Ham and Cucumber Salad
Slavs quite often put pickles in a salad; it is worth noting that this product looks very advantageous with ham.
Ingredients:
- 300 grams of ham;
- 150 grams of hard cheese;
- 2 medium sized pickles;
- 2 boiled eggs;
- 100 grams of mayonnaise;
- dill or parsley;
- salt.
Cooking method
Cut the ham into small strips, about the same size should be a straw from cucumbers. Cheese is not necessary to grind by hand, you can grate. By the same principle as with cheese, we work with eggs. Mix the prepared salad ingredients, salt, season with mayonnaise. After the salad with ham and cucumbers is in the salad bowl, it should be sprinkled with cheese and herbs on top.
Ham salads - tips from experienced culinary experts
Try to use dry ham in salads. If water oozes out of it (and this happens), squeeze the product a little before cutting.
As a rule, ham is cut into small strips of salad, so its taste is more refined.
