Layered salad with potatoes, ham, pickled cucumbers and carrots

Delicious and hearty puff salad with potatoes, ham, pickled cucumbers and carrots. The salad contains fragrant ham, a lot of boiled vegetables and pickled cucumbers. Salad is laid in layers and flavored with mayonnaise. The perfect dish for your holiday table!

Ingredients

• Potato - 300 g
• Pickled cucumbers - 330 g
• Carrots - 280 g
• Ham - 220 g
• Eggs - 2 pcs.
• Pitted olives - 50 g
• Mayonnaise - 120 g
• Salt - to taste
• Ground black pepper - to taste

Directions

1. Prepare all ingredients.
2. Mayonnaise is suitable for any fat content, you can cook homemade.
3. Buy ham according to your taste.
4. Wash potatoes, carrots and eggs under running water and dip in a saucepan with cold water. Salt a little.
5. Put the pot on the fire and bring the water to a boil. Boil eggs for 10 minutes, potatoes and carrots for 15-25 minutes. The cooking time of vegetables depends on their size and variety. Focus on your products. After 10 minutes of cooking, remove the eggs from boiling water and cool in cold water.
6. After 15 minutes, pierce the vegetables with a toothpick or fork. If the vegetables pierce easily, they are ready. Remove the vegetables from the water and cool at room temperature so that it is convenient to work with them.
7. Peel the potatoes and grate on a coarse grater. To assemble the salad, I will use a flat plate and a 15.5 cm forming ring. Place the ring on the plate. Lay out the grated potatoes. Flatten and flatten with a spoon.
8. Season with salt and ground black pepper. Lubricate with mayonnaise.
9. Peel off the shells of the eggs. Grate on a large grater. Lay the eggs on the potato layer. Smooth out with a spoon. Lightly salt and pepper. Make a mayonnaise net.
10. Cut the ham into cubes or small sticks. Spread over the egg layer. Top up with mayonnaise. Adjust the amount of mayonnaise to your liking.
11. Trim the edges of pickled cucumbers. Grate the cucumbers on a coarse grater. Squeeze out the juice with your hands. Put the grated cucumbers on the ham. Smooth with a spoon and brush with mayonnaise.
12. Peel the carrots. Grate on a large grater. Lay the carrots on top of the cucumber layer. Flatten and tamp. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes so that all layers are slightly soaked.
13. Take the salad out of the refrigerator. Carefully remove the ring.
14. You can decorate the salad as you wish. I decorated with olives. Cut the olives into thin rings and decorate the salad.
15. Layered salad with potatoes, ham, pickled cucumbers and carrots is ready.
16. Bon appetit!