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Salad with tomatoes and sausage

Tomato and Sausage Salad

Quick, simple, made from ordinary ingredients, in a flash! Tomato and sausage salad is an unfussy dish, but very tasty! The juiciness of fresh tomatoes is nicely balanced by the heartiness of the sausage. And a little garlic gives the salad a zesty note.

Julia M.

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Sausage

150

Tomatoes

Hard cheese

Garlic

Mayonnaise

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 28 % 10 g

Fats 64 % 23 g

Carbohydrates 8 % 3 g

262 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 15 min

Step 1:

How do you make a tomato and sausage salad? Gather the ingredients. You can use any sausage - cooked, dry-cured, or ham. Cut it into thin matchsticks. You can cut it any way, but matchsticks look more appetizing in this salad, in my opinion. Put the sliced sausage in a salad bowl.
Step 2:

Wash the tomatoes and cut them into large pieces. You can also use cherry tomatoes - just cut them into 2-4 pieces. Add the chopped tomatoes to the bowl with the sausage.
Step 3:

Grate the cheese on a coarse grater and add it straight to the salad. For salad I like to use hard cheeses - they grate easily.
Step 4:

Peel the garlic and press it through a garlic press. Add it directly to the salad.
Step 5:

Dress all the ingredients with a little mayonnaise and mix. I don't recommend adding a lot of mayonnaise - the tomatoes will release juice and the salad will turn runny. Transfer the finished salad to a serving bowl and bring it to the table. Enjoy!

For this salad I like to use ham sausage. It's dense in texture and doesn't have a strong flavor, so it won't clash with the overall taste of the salad. For more heartiness, you can add a couple of boiled eggs. Their addition also helps the salad's texture - they soak up some of the moisture the tomatoes release. You can vary the flavor by adding bell pepper, corn, or napa cabbage. Salads are really all about imagination - any combination of ingredients yields new flavors. This salad can be made as a standalone appetizer for any gathering. Cook with pleasure! Very tasty!
Choose juicy but firm tomatoes. Soft ones don't hold their shape well - they'll turn to mush as you slice and assemble them and spoil the look of the dish.
The salad looks neat and pretty if you cut all the ingredients into pieces of the same size and shape (cubes, for example).
It's better to make the mayonnaise yourself - it'll be tastier and better for you. See some interesting homemade mayonnaise recipes here. You can also use sour cream or plain yogurt as the dressing - on their own or mixed with mayonnaise in any ratio you like, which lowers the calorie count.