Ingredients
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- 6 cups ground ham or Sugardale Cleveland Style bologna
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1/8 –1/4 cup finely chopped sweet pickles (if you’re a dill fan, swap for dill!)
- 1–2 cups mayonnaise (to moisten to your preference)
- 1–2 teaspoons prepared mustard (to taste)
Instructions
- Grind the meat well, with a hand grinder (or one mounted on your stand mixer, if you have that attachment). A food processor will reduce your meats to paste quickly, so grinding is recommended. If you don’t have a grinder, you can use the smallest oval holes on a box grater, but it’ll take you a while, and the texture will be chunky.
- Put the ground meat into a large glass or ceramic bowl–you don’t want the acids in the dressings to react with a metal bowl.
- Add onion and pickles; mix through.
- Add the mayo in 1/4 cup increments until you are satisfied with the texture, and finish with the mustard, mixing it in well to taste.
- Refrigerate overnight–it really is better the second day!
- Serve on crackers, or, if you want to really be fancy-schmancy, serve on toast points, water crackers or melbas.
- Prep Time: 30 min
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