Salad with cucumber and sausage is the easiest way to quickly prepare a tasty and hearty dish. The beauty of this dish is that any of its ingredients can almost always be found in the refrigerator.
Similarity to "Olivier"
If any housewife was invited to cook a salad with cucumber and sausage, then the first thing she would think about was Olivier. True, this will not be the original itself, but only its semblance. The fact is that for these dishes similar ingredients are required. In the case of the analogue, you will need the following products: per 100 grams of boiled sausage 1 carrot, 2 eggs, salt, Β½ fresh cucumber, 1 processed cheese (100 grams), ground black pepper, half a bunch of green onions and mayonnaise.
Itβs easy to make such a salad:
- First, eggs and carrots must be boiled, and then cooled under cold water and peeled.
- Grated cheese on a coarse grater.
- Cut the remaining ingredients into medium-sized cubes.
- Chop the spring onion finely.
- Fold the prepared components in a clean container, season with mayonnaise and mix. After that, it remains only to shift everything into a salad bowl.
For portioned serving, you can use the cooking rings. First they need to be placed in the center of the plate, filled with salad, and then carefully removed. You can decorate the dish with chopped herbs or figured chopped vegetables.
Vitamin Salad
Salad with cucumber and sausage can be made even more nutritious if Beijing cabbage is added to the list of ingredients. Experts say that it contains a huge amount of carotene, ascorbic acid and other vitamins. This dish is good to cook in the spring, when the body needs special support. For work you will need: 300 grams of Beijing cabbage, half an onion, 1 cucumber, a pinch of salt, 100 grams of cervelat and a couple of tablespoons of mayonnaise.
Preparing a salad in minutes:
- The first step is to chop the cabbage.
- Cut the cucumber and sausage into strips.
- Chop the onion in half rings.
- Fold the products in a plate, slightly salt, pour with mayonnaise and mix thoroughly.
Such a salad should not be prepared in advance. It must be done and seasoned immediately before serving. Otherwise, over time, cabbage and cucumbers, under the action of salt, will begin to let the juice flow, and as a result, the dish will lose its original crunch.
Salad "Venice"
Sometimes a very interesting salad with cucumber and sausage under the romantic name βVeniceβ is prepared in the cafe. This dish is perfect for the case when unexpected guests should come into the house. To prepare it, you will need the following set of ingredients: 1 cucumber, 200 grams of smoked sausage, cheese and Korean carrots, 1 can of canned corn and a little mayonnaise.
Such a salad is made very quickly:
- Sausage and fresh cucumber must be carefully cut into thin strips.
- Grind cheese on a coarse grater.
- Combine the components and season with mayonnaise.
The peculiarity of this dish is that no spices (even salt) are used for its preparation. Carrots and sausages initially have a rather piquant taste and do not require additions. The salad is very juicy and fragrant. And those who are contraindicated in spicy dishes can replace Korean carrots with fresh vegetables, chopping it on a special or ordinary coarse grater.
With rice
To make the finished dish more tender and soft, the salad recipe with sausage and cucumber can be supplemented with boiled rice. In addition, the mixture will become more ductile. This will allow serving the dish not only in the general salad bowl, but also figuratively spread it on portioned plates. For this option, you will need the following products: a glass of boiled rice, 2 tomatoes, 4 eggs, salt, 200 grams of smoked sausage, 2 cucumbers, a little greens, sour cream and mayonnaise.
The cooking process is not much different from previous recipes:
- First you need to thoroughly wash all the vegetables.
- Peel the eggs and remove the shell from the sausage.
- Put pre-cooked rice in a plate.
- Cut the sausage and fresh cucumbers into strips.
- Chop the eggs randomly.
- Chop the tomatoes into cubes.
- Add prepared ingredients to rice and lightly salt.
- Season with a mixture of mayonnaise and sour cream in equal proportions.
The salad is tender, aromatic and quite tasty.
Winter option
With the onset of cold weather, preparing fresh vegetable salads becomes increasingly difficult. Therefore, in winter you can make a good salad with sausage and pickles. He will need the following set of products: 300 grams of doctor's sausage, 2 onions, a little greens, black pepper, 70 grams of vegetable oil, mustard, vinegar, sugar and 2 pickles.
To prepare such a salad, you must:
- Chop the onion arbitrarily, and then pour boiling water over it to remove all the bitterness from it.
- Cut the sausage into cubes or cubes (as you like).
- Cut the skin from cucumbers, and chop the remaining pulp with straws.
- Transfer prepared ingredients to a deep bowl.
- Add the remaining ingredients and mix well.
Place the dish in the refrigerator for one hour. This time will be enough for it to be well infused. Ready salad can be served to the table, decorating it with chopped herbs. And next to it is good to put a couple of slices of fresh tomatoes.
Unusual combination
The simplest dish can be made interesting and original, if you add to it not quite familiar components. So, an ordinary salad of sausage and cucumbers will become a real work of culinary art, if supplemented with, for example, flavored cheese and crackers. To prepare such a mixture, you need to have the following products available: 3 fresh cucumbers, 150 grams of hard cheese, 2 packs of ready-made crackers (Kompashki or Kirieshki), 3 tomatoes, 250 grams of cooked sausage (or ham) and 100 grams of mayonnaise.
Making such a salad is surprisingly easy:
- Wash the vegetables.
- All ingredients (except crackers) cut into cubes of the same size.
- Collect prepared products in one container.
- Pour them with mayonnaise and mix well.
The original salad will be even tastier if you add at least 1 clove of garlic to it. To do this, it is necessary to crumble it finely or just pass it through the press. Juicy and crunchy, this salad will be a great snack option for dinner.
Potato salad
If a jar of pickles was suddenly found in the refrigerator, then it is not necessary to use them as a snack for vodka. There are other uses for this product. For example, make a salad with sausage and pickles. The recipe for such a dish can be invented by yourself or use a ready-made option. For the salad you will need: 2 large potatoes, 1 onion (red), a bunch of dill, 100 grams of smoked sausage, 2 pickles, 17 grams of vegetable oil and a teaspoon of mustard seeds.
Cooking Technique:
- Potatoes must first be boiled in their uniforms, and then doused with cold water. So the product will be better cleaned.
- Chop the onion in half rings.
- Finely chop dill.
- Cut the sausage, potatoes and cucumbers into thin strips.
- Put the ingredients together.
- Sprinkle them with dill, season with mustard, pour oil and mix.
Ready salad should definitely be tasted and, if necessary, add a little salt.
Mouth-watering celebration
For serving a festive table recently, many housewives usually prepare a salad with sausage and fresh cucumbers. This combination of products has long been a habit. It partly reminds everyone of the famous Olivier. But if you just replace a couple of ingredients in it, you get a completely new original dish. As an example, consider the option for which you need: 50 grams of boiled sausage, 100 grams of canned corn and fresh cucumbers, 150 grams of boiled carrots, a little greens and a couple of tablespoons of mayonnaise.
To prepare such a salad, you must:
- The main components (carrots, cucumbers and sausage) are carefully cut into cubes.
- Strain and dry the corn so that practically no moisture remains on its surface. Otherwise, the dish will turn out to be watery and tasteless.
- Combine the ingredients together and season with mayonnaise. To decorate the dish, it is good to use eggs and red caviar.
If desired, the salad can be laid out in layers. In addition, each of them (with the exception of the latter) should be smeared with mayonnaise.