Ham and bean salad, cheese and breadcrumbs

4 servings
10 min

How to make a salad with ham and beans, cheese and crackers? Prepare the indicated ingredients. Take the beans red, canned. The cheese is hard, what you like or what you have at home. Crackers I have rye with salt, you can take with your favorite taste, then the salad will be with a savory note. Half-smoked ham, can be replaced with sausage. From greens, I take dill and parsley, but any you like will do.

Beans, if desired, can be boiled by themselves, but it is much faster and more convenient to take the finished one. Choose canned food of high quality, proven manufacturer. Open the tin of canned beans carefully. Drain the liquid by dropping the beans in a colander. Rinse it in a colander under running water and leave it for a while so that the glasses are water. Then put the beans in deep salad dishes.

Open the package with crackers, pour the required number of crackers into the salad bowl. Add them at this stage only if you plan to serve the salad on the table immediately after cooking. If you cook the salad in advance, then add crackers just before serving, otherwise they will soak and lose their crispness. You can also make crackers yourself.

Clean the ham from the film or shell and cut into cubes, they should be small. Fold the chopped ham to the previously prepared ingredients.

Grate the hard cheese on a coarse grater and add to the salad bowl. Choose high-quality cheese, without milk fat substitutes.

Prepared fresh greens, I have dill and parsley, rinse under running water and be sure to dry (extra moisture in the salad is not needed). Finely chop the clean greens and add to the salad to the other ingredients. Greens in lettuce can be used whatever you like. But without it, the salad will fade.

Add mayonnaise to the salad, mix thoroughly. Try the salad for salt and add the amount you need.

Serve the finished salad immediately. It can be in a common salad, or it can be portioned, in creams or lined in a ring. A little garlic will fit perfectly into the salad. The salad is harmonious in itself, it can even act as an independent dish. For a full dinner, boiled potatoes are suitable for him.