This spectacular appetizer has become one of the most popular culinary hits on the buffet and festive tables. Ham rolls delight in the simplicity of preparation, as well as the ability to use a variety of fillings and create a luxurious decoration of meat compositions.

Ham rolls with cheese and garlic

To get a hearty and mouth-watering meal for breakfast or dinner, you will need quite affordable and simple products that can always be found in our refrigerators.

Ingredients Composition:

  • eggs - 2 pcs.;
  • garlic cloves - 2 pcs.;
  • cheese (preferably hard) - 150 g;
  • ham - 200 g;
  • quality mayonnaise;
  • spices (salt, pepper).

Cooking method:

  1. We clean hard-boiled eggs, grind on average cells of the grater, put in a bowl. In the same way we process a piece of cheese.
  2. To get a tasty, appetizing dish, divide the ham into the thinnest layers of the same size. To do this, use a slicer (slicer) or buy a ready-made meat cut.
  3. So, add chopped greens, finely chopped garlic cloves, freshly ground black pepper, a pinch of salt to the dishes with egg-cheese composition. Mix the whole mass until a homogeneous consistency.
  4. We spread the filling on slices of ham, tightly roll up the tubes, fix the ends of the layers with toothpicks or skewers.

We place rolls with cheese and garlic on a dish, decorate at our discretion.

With nut filling

One of the interesting ways of filling meat products will be cheese and nut filling. Amazing harmony of piquant tastes and light aromas!

Grocery list:

  • ham (raw smoked or dry-cured) - 200 g each;
  • clove of garlic;
  • boiled eggs - 2 pcs.;
  • dill;
  • Emmental and Philadelphia cheese (other varieties can also be used) - 200 g each;
  • walnuts or hazelnuts hazelnuts.

Order of preparation:

  1. Coarsely rub the chilled and peeled eggs, similarly treat Emmental. We attach to the resulting mass pieces of Philadelphia cheese, chopped nuts, chopped dill, and a garlic clove squeezed through a press. Mix the whole mass well so that the filling for rolls has a uniform texture.
  2. We spread on the slices of ham a portion of the nut composition, we roll up the tight tubes. We fasten the layers with wooden toothpicks, distribute the snack on a beautiful plate.

Serve the dish with ripe tomatoes and sprigs of young dill.

With pickled champignons

The filling for rolls, composed of pickled mushrooms, has a particularly delicate and very unexpected taste.

Necessary components:

  • butter - 30 g;
  • fresh cream (fat content not less than 20%) - 150 g;
  • onions - 4 pcs.;
  • pickled champignons - 500 g;
  • boiled-smoked ham - 20 slices;
  • eggs - 2 pcs.;
  • lemon;
  • wine (preferably dry white) - 400 ml;
  • flour - 60 g;
  • paprika, salt, pepper, parsley.

Cooking Method:

  1. Dice the peeled onion into cubes. We blot the mushrooms extracted from the jar with towels, shred in small pieces. Finely chop a bunch of parsley.
  2. We pass the onions in oil until transparent, add the mushrooms to it, fry until golden brown. Season the products with lemon juice, simmer for another 6 minutes.
  3. Pour wine into the stewpan, sift the flour, carefully mix the mixture with a whisk until the lumps disappear.
  4. Separately combine the yolks and cream, slightly whip the composition, introduce it into the alcohol mixture, again we mix everything well.
  5. We lay out the layers of ham on the board, apply a layer of mushroom filling, carefully roll the rolls, fix the edges with toothpicks.
  6. We place the products in a refractory bowl, pour the resulting wine sauce, send the form for 15 minutes in the oven (200 ° C).

We serve rolls with pickled mushrooms, decorating the dish with herbs.

Ham rolls with Guacamole filling

The bright taste of avocado, complemented by citrus notes, flavored with hot pepper and seasoned with olive oil, are the differences of the exotic filling originating from Mexican cuisine.

Product Set:

  • hot and sweet pepper;
  • avocado - 2 pcs.;
  • sliced ​​ham - 150 g;
  • olive oil - 40 ml;
  • lime;
  • cilantro - 5 branches.

Cooking process:

  1. Remove the peel from the avocado, take out a spoon with a spoon. Cut the fragrant flesh into small pieces, pour the juice squeezed out of lime, and knead the formed mass with a fork. Citrus fruit can not be changed to lemon, as in this case, the snack "Guacamole" will cease to be so!
  2. Grind sweet pepper (remove seeds and stalk), chilli also peel from the inside, chop into the smallest pieces. We spread the vegetables in the bowl, add the branches of cilantro, break the products with a submersible blender.
  3. To the resulting mass we add olive oil and mashed avocado. Mix everything well.
  4. Cut the meat into thin slices. Only with this design of ham can rolls roll tightly, preserving their shape.

We put layers of the prepared filling (2 tablespoons per serving) on ​​the layers, fix the snack with skewers.

With corn and pineapple

Bright and colorful rolls are characterized by a deliciously delicate taste of ham and original filling.

The list of components:

  • petiole celery - 230 g;
  • bread (preferably rye);
  • canned corn and pineapple - 200 g each;
  • ham, rye bread - 25 slices each;
  • chopped walnut kernels - ½ cup;
  • quality mayonnaise - 250 g.

Features of the preparation:

  1. Cut the washed and peeled celery into thin circles.
  2. Pieces of pineapple and corn are thrown back into a colander to make the glass liquid.
  3. We spread the crumbs of nuts and other prepared components of the filling into the bowl. Season it with mayonnaise, mix thoroughly.
  4. We cut each slice of ham to the center, we turn it in the form of pockets. We stuff the products with portions of the filling and spread on round pieces of bread, greased with mayonnaise.

We decorate the decorated rolls with the left pieces of pineapples and the kernels of nuts, sprinkle with celery greens.

Cooking with feta cheese and sun-dried tomatoes

This cold appetizer is good because it can be cooked with different fillings that can satisfy the gastronomic preferences of each guest.

Ingredients Composition:

  • feta cream cheese;
  • feather of green onion;
  • grated nutmeg;
  • green basil;
  • ham;
  • Sun-dried tomatoes.

Cooking method:

  1. Feta Greek cheese is cut into very small cubes.
  2. We take the dried tomatoes from the jar, keep in a colander until excess moisture drains, then chop with a thin straw.
  3. We combine the obtained components of the filling in the bowl (we select the ratio according to your tastes), add the chopped greens, carefully mix the composition.

We spread the mixture on thin slices of ham, fold tight tubes, decorate with herbs.

Workshop on thinly slicing ham for rolls

In the preparation of a delicious cold appetizer, its elegant design and spectacular serving, the correct processing of the meat component of the dish is of decisive importance.

How to finely chop a whole piece of ham:

  1. We place the product on the board. With a large and sharp knife, we separate two layers from the thin side of the product. In this way, we create a “supporting” basis for working with ham.
  2. We turn the piece, put it on the formed flat part, we start cutting from the sharp, so-called conical side. Holding the meat with a fork (with two teeth) with a fork, with a little effort we direct the long blade deep into the meat piece. Separate thin slices, reaching with a knife to the calcaneus.
  3. When the layers are formed, they must be freed from the bone. To do this, make a deep incision, directing the knife parallel to the bone. We continue the process, put the separated plates on a plate.

How to thinly cut layers from the “shank” of meat:

  1. The initial steps are no different from the previous slicing method. We also separate the layer from the side of the thin part of the ham.
  2. Then we “put” it on an educated basis. We start the process with a narrower section of the meat piece, slicing thin slices.
  3. In a similar way we process the second side of the ham.

How to cut meat in halves:

  1. We divide the piece to the bone, release part of the pulp, shred the layers with quarters. In this case, we direct the knife from top to bottom.
  2. Next, we cut the meat closer to the bone itself, separating the formed slices.

How to split a “spiral" ham:

  1. We lay out a piece on the board so that the cut side is up. We form slices, directing the knife along the natural muscle lines, moving around the entire bone.
  2. We continue cutting the next muscle section, we get another part of the slices.
  3. Finally, we cut the layers along the bone. We completely release it and lay out the last servings of thin sheets of appetizing ham.

All the work did not take much time.As a result, we prepared the basis for the preparation of elegant rolls and received an additional element to the meat plate.

Appetizer & Serving

There are many tricks and methods of design and presentation of cold dishes. Ham rolls - a gourmet dish that quickly attracts attention, and therefore requires a special relationship to it.

The principles of decoration and serving snacks:

  • The choice of methods of food depends, first of all, on the event or theme of the celebration. For example, original images of nature are especially in demand at children's parties, when a snack is served in the form of vegetables, fruits or animals from fairy tales. Christmas theme requires the creation of dishes with the presence of appropriate attributes and symbols.
  • The appetizer served on skewers and special stilettos, decorated with cheese, fruits and vegetables, is always gracefully appetized. Particularly elegant and presentable are meat products on a dish lined with soft green lettuce.
  • To make ham rolls look bright and attractive on the table, it is advisable to include such colorful products as radishes, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, capers or olives in the design elements. Decoration of dishes with mustard and ketchup, other spicy sauces is recognized as an excellent contrast.
  • A luxurious decoration of the table will be a composition on a large round dish, created from rolls with various fillings. The design of a snack in the form of a rose, tulip or other flower looks especially expressive. Typically, such a plate is complemented by thin slices of cheese, delicatessen sausages.
  • The dishes decorated in cups, mugs or glasses have become fashionable culinary trends on the buffet or festive tables. The portioned appetizer rolls served in baskets, tartlets, miniature vases, French flounces and even wineglasses look very dignified and elegant. Resourceful craftsmen are increasingly using these containers for their intended purpose, which causes the guests constant interest. Well, there’s always a “container” for vodka!

The preparation of ham rolls, in which one or another filling is skillfully hidden, is already associated with a certain mystery. If this culinary secret is creatively created and “tasty” served, a simple dish will take on the look of a finished culinary creation.

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