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Puff Salad with Ham, Cheese, Carrots and Apples

by Editorial Staff

A salad with ham, cheese, fresh carrots, and apples, as well as boiled eggs and pickled onions, is an excellent dish for a festive table. Thanks to the carrots and apples, the salad is juicy and very fresh. Salad is dressed with mayonnaise.

Summary

CourseSalad
Servings (Default: 3)

Puff Salad with Ham, Cheese, Carrots and Apples Ingredients

  • Ham – 200 g
  • Hard cheese – 200 g
  • Carrots – 100 g
  • Apples – 100 g
  • Eggs – 3 pcs.
  • Onions – 50 g
  • Mayonnaise – 40 g
  • Salt to taste

Puff Salad with Ham, Cheese, Carrots and Apples

For pickling onions:

  • Wine vinegar – 1 tbsp
  • Sugar – 1-2 teaspoon
  • Salt – 0.5 teaspoon
  • Water (boiling water) – 2-3 tbsp

Puff Salad with Ham, Cheese, Carrots and Apples Instructions

  1. Boil the eggs hard-boiled for about 8-10 minutes in boiling water. Then cool the boiled eggs in cold water.
  2. Peel and chop the onions into thin half-rings. Marinate the onions to remove excessive bitterness. Toss the onion, sugar, and salt. Pour in wine vinegar and boiling water.
  3. Leave the onion to marinate for 5-7 minutes. Then drain all the liquid with a fine sieve.
  4. Cut the ham into cubes.
  5. Grate the cheese on a fine grater.
  6. Grate the carrots on a fine grater. The juicier and sweeter the carrots, the better.
  7. Peel and seed apples. Grate peeled apples with a coarse grater. If sourness is lacking, sprinkle the grated apples with lemon juice.
  8. Peel the eggs and grate on a fine grater or chop finely and finely.
  9. Collect the salad in layers in the following order: pickled onions, ham, cheese, carrots, apples, eggs. Repeat the layers, with the last layer of cheese. Salt each layer if necessary and grease with a minimum of mayonnaise.
  10. If desired, the salad can not be laid out in layers, but put all the products in a salad bowl, season with mayonnaise, and mix.

Enjoy your meal!

Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

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