Andy's Devilish Ham Spread
This recipe comes from a good friend, and Chef. I made this on 29 Mar 2022, and this is an excellent ham salad! A food processor or good blender is needed for this, and since I do not have a food processor, I used my electric meat grinder with the coarse plate, worked perfectly.
Equipment
- Food Processor / Blender / Meat Grinder , S blade for a processor, coarse plate (¼ in / 6 mm)
Ingredients
- 750 grams ham, roughly chopped, (1½ lb)
- 4-5 green olives, pitted
Binding Ingredients
- ⅓ cup mayo
- 56 grams Parmesan cheese, finely grated, (2 oz)
- 56 grams crushed pineapple, drained, blotted dry with a paper towel, (2 oz)
- 1-2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish, drained, blotted dry with a paper towel
- 1 tablespoon brown mustard
- 2 teaspoons hot sauce, I used Tabasco
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- ½ teaspoon celery salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
Instructions
- I went with the Variants, and cup up some Canadian Bacon steaks and chopped some capers.
- Add the ham and olives to your food processor, or good blender, pulse in 1 second intervals until finely chopped. Or use a meat grinder which is my preference.
- In a mixing bowl, add all the Binding Ingredients.
- Mix together until well blended.
- Add the mixture to the chopped ham and mix together. If mixture seems to dry, just mix in another tablespoon at a time. Cover and place in the fridge to chill and blend the flavors for at least an hour or even overnight.
- Serve with crackers, as a sandwich filling, in a salad, or as an ingredient in other recipes that call for deviled ham.
Notes
For sandwiches, this is right about $1.50 per serving, so Fair cost.
Variants: 1. For those in Thailand, use Canadian Bacon Steaks from Makro in place of ham (this was by mistake but the taste is the same). 2. Use 1½ tablespoons of capers, drained and chopped, in place of olives.