Angle hair pasta with Cream Spam Sauce

The very notion of eating Spam rubs you the wrong way, doesn’t it? Put that aside for a night, and this dish will make you reconsider how you feel about canned meat. For a healthier version, substitute milk for the heavy cream and Spam Lite for the Spam. I recommend trying it without the sauteed onions first and adding them a second time. Opinions are mixed as to whether or not onions add anything to this dish.

To serve two hungry people you’ll need:

small can of Spam

half pint of heavy cream

two cloves of garlic

pinch of salt

freshly ground black pepper

pinch or two of cumin

1/2 lb of angle hair

sauteed onions (optional)

Prepare the pasta al-dente and set it aside. It’ll cook a little further later, so don’t overcook it now. Cool the pasta with water and toss it in olive oil so it won’t stick together.

Dice the Spam and saute it over medium-high heat until it is a little charred and has a crispy outside. Spam is cooked, so you don’t need to worry about undercooking it. Spam is indestructible, so you don’t need to worry about overcooking it. Crunchy is nice, and takes about 15 minutes. Remove the Spam to a bowl for later.

Crush your garlic and saute it in a little olive oil until fragrant. Bring the heat up to high for just a minute and add the cream. De-glaze the pan (scrape the bottom while the heat is high, just after the cream has been added). Bring the heat back down to medium and allow the cream to come up to a simmer. Add the salt, pepper, cumin, and spam to the simmering cream and stir. Allow to simmer for another five minutes to reduce and so the cream picks up the spam flavor. Optionally, add the onions at this point.

Add the pasta back to the cream sauce and mix/toss until the pasta picks up the cream and the Spam is well distributed. Plate and enjoy.

You actually eat that?

I bet that tastes like there was a party in your mouth..

and everyone at it just threw up

That looks pretty rough, but I gotta gove you props for coming up with it. I also give you the big sack award for having the nuggets to actually post that pic, and the recipe.

NEVER in my life...

have I ever tasted spam. I've never had fruitcake either, but I can't say I've ever heard good things about either of them. LOL

^^

I own a copy of Jimmy Buffet's "Fruitcakes" album. Does that count?

I freakin' loved spam, fried in a samich w mustard, when I was a kid.

Haven't had it in over 40 years. Having said that, this recipe isn't going to bring me back either.

Spam is good.

SPAM IS PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!

mmmmmmmmmm .............soylent green.

Spam is the bomb. Fried on toast with cheese and mu!

BTW Soylent red is better!

Seek help....

Beyond help!

You should try the bacon flavored!

Spam a la Vee Dub is great, it

is spam prepared in a Volkswagon

That looks like a plate of sick.

needs some color. peas maybe. red pepper flakes. something to jazz it up a bit.

Angle hair pasta with Cream Spam Sauce

The very notion of eating Spam rubs you the wrong way, doesn’t it? Put that aside for a night, and this dish will make you reconsider how you feel about canned meat. For a healthier version, substitute milk for the heavy cream and Spam Lite for the Spam. I recommend trying it without the sauteed onions first and adding them a second time. Opinions are mixed as to whether or not onions add anything to this dish.

To serve two hungry people you’ll need:

small can of Spam

half pint of heavy cream

two cloves of garlic

pinch of salt

freshly ground black pepper

pinch or two of cumin

1/2 lb of angle hair

sauteed onions (optional)

1 bag frozen sweet peas

1 red bell pepper

Prepare the pasta al-dente and set it aside. It’ll cook a little further later, so don’t overcook it now. Cool the pasta with water and toss it in olive oil so it won’t stick together.

Dice the Spam and saute it over medium-high heat until it is a little charred and has a crispy outside. Spam is cooked, so you don’t need to worry about undercooking it. Spam is indestructible, so you don’t need to worry about overcooking it. Crunchy is nice, and takes about 15 minutes. Remove the Spam to a bowl for later.

Crush your garlic and saute it in a little olive oil until fragrant. Bring the heat up to high for just a minute and add the cream. De-glaze the pan (scrape the bottom while the heat is high, just after the cream has been added). Bring the heat back down to medium and allow the cream to come up to a simmer. Add the salt, pepper, cumin, and spam to the simmering cream and stir. Allow to simmer for another five minutes to reduce and so the cream picks up the spam flavor. Optionally, add the onions at this point.

Add the pasta back to the cream sauce and mix/toss until the pasta picks up the cream and the Spam is well distributed. Plate add green peas, diced red bell pepper and enjoy.

How's that CBOB?

there you go! 🙂

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you lost me when you said, "for a healthier version . . . "