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Salad with crackers and smoked sausage

Salad with croutons and smoked sausage

A crunchy quick salad — fast and filling. In this salad, all the ingredients pair beautifully, which makes it genuinely delicious. You won't need bread for this dish, since the salad has croutons in it. It's best eaten fresh, while the croutons are still crisp. By the way, you can use either store-bought croutons or ones made at home. Everyone will love this salad!

sharlis

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Semi-smoked sausage

100

Corn

100

Croutons

100

Cucumbers (fresh)

100

Eggs

Hard cheese

Mayonnaise

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 26 % 11 g

Fats 37 % 16 g

Carbohydrates 37 % 16 g

251 kcal

GI: 6 / 0 / 94

Cooking method

Cooking time: 20 min

Step 1:

Cut the sausage into thin strips. For this recipe I used a good-quality semi-smoked sausage. Wash the fresh cucumbers, trim the ends, and also cut them into strips. You can leave the sausage as is, or lightly fry it in a dry skillet until browned — with fried sausage the salad will have a slightly different flavor.
Step 2:

Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Transfer the canned corn from the can to a bowl — choose corn from a trusted brand so it's sweet and juicy. Hard-boil the eggs for 10 minutes, cool them in cold water, peel them, and cut them into large cubes. I used farm eggs, which have a deep orange color and flavor.
Step 3:

Put the sausage, corn, eggs, cucumbers, and cheese in a deep bowl. Don't add the croutons yet.
Step 4:

Add the mayonnaise. Mine is fairly rich — 72%. For this salad 50 grams was enough. If your mayonnaise isn't very rich, use more. In general, adjust the amount of mayonnaise to taste. I didn't add any extra salt.
Step 5:

Now toss everything thoroughly and the salad is ready — though mine is still without croutons; I added them later. The croutons should go in right before serving. You can toss them into the salad, or plate the salad and scatter the croutons on top. Choose croutons in the flavor you like — bacon, red caviar, crab, and so on. I used croutons in three different flavors; my pack had 2 kinds of rye and one kind of white.

You can make this salad not just on weeknights but for all sorts of occasions: birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, banquets, office parties, and so on. Minimal cooking time and a truly fantastic result!