Best 5 Halloween Slug Salad Ham Salad With Aspic Recipes

SUNNY'S QUICK HAM AND EGG SALAD

Steps:

• For the salad: Add the mayonnaise, red onion, mustard, sriracha seasoning, cherry peppers, scallions and a few grinds of black pepper to a large bowl and fold together. Add the eggs and fold gently, then add the ham and fold in. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving.
• For sandwiches: Make sandwiches on white toast with egg salad, lettuce, tomato and onion.

HALLOWEEN SLUG SALAD (HAM SALAD WITH ASPIC)

Steps:

• 1. Mix ham,celery,carrots,relish and mayonnaise in bowl.
• 2. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon gelatin over 1/4 cup water in a small pan. Let stand one minute. Heat softened gelatin over low heat until dissolve, stirring constantly. Cool slightly and mix into ham salad. Chill.
• 3. Cut out a large slug shape from cardboard (or pizza take out box); cover with foil. Mold ham salad into slug shape on cardboard, pressing tightly to form; refrigerate.
• 4. FOR THE ASPIC: (the skin of the slug) in large bowl, sprinkle remaining gelatin over 1 cup cold tomato juice;let stand 1 minute. In a large sauce pan, heat remaining 3 cups tomato juice to a simmer. Pour hot juice in bowl over gelatin mixture and stir until gelatin completely dissolves, about 5 minutes. Stir in lemon juice and salt, let cool,then chill until thick but not set. Place chilled slug on wire rack set over baking sheet to catch excess aspic. Slowly spoon 1/2 tomato aspic over ham mold; reserve remainder at room temperature.
• 5. Refrigerate ham slug mold for 20 minutes. Remove from refrigerator and pour aspic over slug to cover evenly. Chill 1 hour, or until firm.
• 6. Black olive bugs: Optional: Because, you know, the slug salad isnt gross enough! :) Make a clear gelatin mixture with 2 teaspoons gelatin in 1/2 cup water. Pour into small cups (mini muffin tins work well) press black olives with carrot slices for legs into gelatin. Chill until firm.

TOMATO ASPIC

Steps:

• Fully dissolve gelatin in boiling water in a mixing bowl.
• Combine vegetable juice, worcestershire sauce, bay leaf, and cloves in a saucepan; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer 10 minutes. Remove and discard the bay leaf and cloves.
• Stir onion and celery into vegetable juice.
• Pour vegetable juice mixture over dissolved gelatin; stir gently to blend.
• Refrigerate until set completely, about 1 hour.

SLUG SALAD

Steps:

• To caramelize the almonds: Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Add the almonds and saute until golden, about 2 minutes.
• Add the brown sugar and stir to combine. Spread the almonds on a baking sheet, separating them. Set aside to cool. When completely cooled, the almonds will have a hard, candied coating.
• To assemble the salad: In a large bowl, toss the lettuce with the red onion, blue cheese, mandarin oranges, and dressing to taste.
• Sprinkle the almonds over the salad and serve immediately.

SALAD BOWL PUFF

Steps:

• In large bowl, mix peas, ham, cheese, onion, mayonnaise and mustard until well blended. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
• Heat oven to 400°F. Grease bottom and side of 9-inch glass pie plate. In 2-quart saucepan, heat water and butter to boiling. Add Bisquick mix all at once. Stir vigorously over low heat about 1 1/2 minutes or until mixture forms a ball; remove from heat.
• Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, with spoon; continue beating until smooth. Spread over bottom of pie plate (do not spread up side).
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until puffed and dry in center; cool. Just before serving, spoon filling into puff. Cut into wedges.