Ham and mushroom salad. A fresh and vibrant salad with a fantastic mix of flavours and textures, ready in half an hour, by Gary Rhodes. Trim fat from ham, dice finely and mix with the mushrooms. Mix mayonnaise with cream and vinegar, stir into the ham and mushrooms and season with salt and sugar to taste.

A wonderful and easy dish for anyone to try. Sprinkle with orange juice, top the salad with mayonnaise. Try this tasty and impressive looking ham and mushroom salad you can prepare ahead - a perfect dinner party starter by Gary Rhodes for BBC Good Food. You can have Ham and mushroom salad using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Ham and mushroom salad

It's 1 1/2 cup of brown mushrooms, sliced.
Prepare 2 tbsp of low fat or fat free cottage cheese.
You need 1 cup of cherry tomatoes, halved.
It's 1 cup of smoked turkey or lean ham.
Prepare 1 cup of cucumber, sliced.
It's 2 cup of mixed salad leaves.
You need 30 ml of fresh lemon juice.
It's 30 ml of balsamic vinegar.
It's 1 of ground black pepper.

Place in a large salad bowl and add the beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, watercress, spinach and rocket. Just before serving, shake the dressing again and sprinkle it over the salad. Toss well, scatter over the chives. Ham cut into strips and put in a salad bowl.

Ham and mushroom salad instructions

Slice mushrooms, pan fry till just brown, add any herbs and spices for flavour. Leave to cool down..
Mix mushrooms with cottage cheese..
Chop cherry tomatoes, turkey/ham & cucumber..
Mix all ingredients togehter with salad leaves (try using a mix pack with herbs for a more tastey variety)..
Mix lemon juice & balsamic vinegar, use as dressing and season with ground pepper..

With mushrooms drain the brine and also put in a salad bowl. Add the chopped greens to the rest of the ingredients. All salt, mayonnaise and mix well. Ham is a good variant as a component for salads because you don't need to cook the meat, you simply cut the ham and add it to a salad. This ham, mushroom, and cucumber salad will become a good solution for your festive table.