Tender Ham and Cucumber Salad
Only four ingredients, yet so much flavor and pleasure! The Tender Ham and Cucumber Salad fully lives up to its name - it simply melts in your mouth. You can serve this salad just in a bowl or shape it in a ring, layered or mixed.
Updated : 11 December, 2025
Easy
About 30 min.
Ingredients
300 grams
Ham
100 grams
Hard cheese
1
Cucumber
2
Eggs
2 tablespoon
Mayonnaise
Table
Table of volume measurements:
- teaspoon - 5 ml
- dessert spoon - 10 ml
- tablespoon - 20 ml
- glass - 200 ml
Preparation
Step 1
How to make Tender Ham and Cucumber Salad? Prepare the ingredients. Any ham will do - pork, chicken or turkey. Choose tasty, good-quality ham, as the flavor of the whole dish depends on it. The same goes for the cheese - it should, first of all, be delicious. Boil the eggs in advance and cool them. Take one large cucumber or two small ones. You can make the mayonnaise yourself or replace it with sour cream to slightly reduce the calorie content.
Step 2
Remove the ham from the packaging and slice it into thin medium-sized strips. Leave a small piece for decoration - you can make a little rose from it.
Step 3
Slice the cucumber in the same way - any salad looks more attractive if the ingredients are cut in a similar shape. Before cutting, be sure to taste the cucumber to check that it is not bitter - a bitter one will spoil the whole salad.
Step 4
Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. To make this easier, you can place it in the freezer compartment for 10-15 minutes beforehand.
Step 5
Grate the cooled, peeled eggs on a coarse grater as well.
Step 6
Put all the salad components into a salad bowl. Whether to salt the salad or not is a matter of taste. For me, the saltiness of the mayonnaise, cheese and ham is enough. You can add salt if you wish.
Step 7
Before serving, dress the salad with mayonnaise. Mix well.
Step 8
You can serve the salad simply by placing it in a salad bowl, or shape it using a cooking ring. You can also arrange it in layers: ham-cheese-cucumber-eggs, spreading each layer with mayonnaise.
Step 9
Before serving, if desired, decorate the salad with a ham rose, fresh cucumber, cheese and egg, and some herbs. Enjoy your meal!
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