How did the holidays turn out for you? Ultimately, mine were reasonably good although they didn’t turn out entirely as anticipated. Due to illness, the dinner that I made for Christmas Eve was only enjoyed by my son and me. It was a pretty fancy dinner for just the two of us, but I think we really enjoyed not just the food, but the time that we spent together in such elegant surroundings.
I sent him home with plenty of food, but I still had a good bit
of ham left, as well as the ham bone. I set the bone aside to use in pea soup,
used slices in casseroles and sandwiches, and decided to toss what was left
into the food processor for ham salad. Generally, when I make ham salad I use
sweet pickle relish, but because I had gotten a glazed ham that had a lot of its
own sweetness, I decided to replace the sweet pickle relish for olives. It made
a wonderful difference!
Olive Ham Salad
¾ lb. piece of baked ham, cut into chunks
1 rib celery, cut into fourths
1 scallion, cut in half
10 small pimiento-stuffed olives
1/3 c. Duke’s mayonnaise
1 t. Dijon mustard
Few gratings ground black pepper
Put all ingredients into the work bowl of a food processor, and pulse until. Cover and chill for at least a Cover and chill for at least an hour before serving to allow flavors to meld.
This will keep up to three days, covered and refrigerated.
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I am cooking a pot of navy beans with my ham bone today, but I was looking for leftover ham recipes yesterday and forgot all about ham salad! Will add this one in to my future plans for that ham. (:
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ReplyDeleteUgh on the holiday illness but glad you did at least get to dine with your son.
ReplyDeleteWe were supposed to spend Christmas morning with our daughter and see The Littles open gifts, but she got sick on Christmas Eve. So instead we played Santa a day early and left the gifts on her front porch! Spending Christmas alone was a bit sad, but we still managed to stuff ourselves.
I have a bit of ham left over and love the idea of using olives instead of pickles!
This is delicious…my mom made this same recipe…only…she used a big old hand grinder attached to the kitchen cutting board…I had the job of turning the handle while she added her ingredients…your food processor is much easier, I’m sure. Hope everyone is well now and stays that way! Thanks for the memories…Happy New Year. xo, V.
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