Info
- Course: Main Course
- Skill Level: Easy
- Cost: Moderate
- Favorited: 1 Time
Can be made ahead of time.
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Curried Ham Salad
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The only trick here is good knife work: everything should be diced into fairly small, uniform bits so that you get lots of flavors in each bite.
Yield : Makes 6 hearty servings, enough for 6 full sandwiches
Ingredients
- ¼ pound not-smoked, wet-cured ham, such as prosciutto cotto, diced
- 1 medium red bell pepper, cored, seeded, and diced
- 3 celery stalks, minced
- 1 medium shallot, minced
- 1 cup unsalted, roasted cashews, chopped
- ½ cup mayonnaise (regular, low-fat, or fat-free)
- 3 tablespoons mango chutney
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 2 tablespoons minced peeled fresh ginger
- 2 teaspoons bottled curry powder
Directions
1. Mix everything in a large bowl, cover, and refrigerate for a couple hours to blend, the flavors, The ham salad can be stored, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.
Notes
You needn’t limit your choice of curry powders, to the standard yellow variety. There are almost as many powders as there are cooks in india. You probably don’t want to dump in a powder that’s basically flavored cayenne (read the label carefully), but you can certainly go well beyond the average by choosing from the astounding array of powders at Indian markets or their online locations.
© 2010 Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough
Nutritional Information
Nutrients per serving
Nutritional information is based on using low-fat mayonnaise.
286 kcal
3 % daily value
59 % daily value
1 % daily value
365 mg
80 mg
9 g
8 g
2 g
19 g
11 mg
408 mg
4 g
20 g
12 % daily value
