Scandinavian Ham Salad Recipes

Steps:

• Cut pineapple in half lengthwise through crown. Remove fruit. leaving shells intact. Core and dice fruit.
• In large bowl, put together pineapple, ham chunks, cherry tomatoes, celery and green onions.
• In small bowl, put together all other ingredients for dressing, blending well.
• Spoon dressing over pineapple combination, tossing gently to mix.
• Pile salad into pineapple shells to serve.

Steps:

• Whisk the mayonnaise and mustard together in a large bowl. Pulse the ham and pickles in a food processor until finely chopped but not pureed. Add the ham mixture, pickle juice, celery, onions and celery leaves to the mayonnaise mixture, and stir. Taste; if the salad seems dry (it should be spreadable), add more mayonnaise and/or pickling liquid. Serve as is or on sandwiches.

Steps:

• For Dressing:
• Whisk first 3 ingredients together in small bowl. Stir in dill. Season generously with salt and pepper.
• For Salad:
• If using fresh peas, steam until tender, about 3 minutes. Do not precook frozen peas. Transfer peas to bowl. Steam potatoes over boiling water until tender, about 15 minutes. Cool completely. Add to peas. Add all remaining ingredients to peas. (Can be made 6 hours ahead. Cover and chill.) Toss salad with dressing. Season to taste with salt and pepper.