I have a lot of sliced ham that I need to use up!

Lifeisbutadream

Does anyone have a good recipe for Spagetti Carbonara?

Or anything else that I can serve as a main meal and use up my ham?

Thanks in anticipation...

Angelraesunshine

cor your lucky ham dont last 5 mins in my house, my 3 year old goes straight to the fridge and eats it out the packet.

I like to do a nice pasta dish

use what ever pasta you like
make a cheese sauce ( am assuming most people know how to make cheese sauce if not shout me)
and add the ham roughly chopped
I also add chopped cooked chicken in too.
sprinkle cheese on top

serve with salad if wanted.

wendym

Rolled round something (eg celery) then baked in a sauce - white or cheese or mustard, cheese on top, then baked and served with jacket potato?

Celery is easy cos it's the right shape, but I have also done this with other veg - tastes good even if it looks a bit messy!

Lifeisbutadream

Thanks - I bought a huge ham for £12 thinking I had a bargain, but there is tons of it! it will go out of date by Friday so I really need to use it up!

morganb

Ham stuffed with cream cheese is also very yummy ... used to go down well in our local greek restaurant.

nickiboop

I think you can freeze it (In small bags so you can get a days sandwiches out at a time?) or you could make some quiche's or omlets or something!

lynzpower

I had a bit of a ham glut ( amazingly little dog didnt manage to scoff it!) and I chopped it up and put it in freezer bags for pasta sauces but mainly for pizza topping

You can also make sandwiches with it , thenfreeze them for later too!

However, if you are anything like me, you have done so much OSing you can barely close the freezer door :rotfl:

kittycat07

Also lovely wrapped around par boiled leeks and baked in cheese sauce - especially if you put a little bit of mustard into sauce. Yum....

thriftmonster

Carbonara is good if you beat up a couple of eggs with a bit of cream of creme fraiche and stir it into the hot drained spaghetti with the chopped ham and parmesan. The heat of the pasta cooks the egg a bit.

Angelraesunshine

You can freeze ham have done it loads of times it defrosts fine.

Here are some ham recipes hope they help
http://southernfood.about.com/library/recipes/blpage10d.htm


How about Cheese & Ham potatoes

INGREDIENTS

• 5 potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
• 3/4 pound ham, diced into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 quart heavy cream

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Place the potatoes, onion, garlic, Cheddar cheese, and ham in a 9x13 inch baking dish. Gently stir until well combined. Pour the cream over the potato mixture.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until the potatoes are tender, about 1 hour.

thriftmonster

Forgot to say - we like it in risotto, so I often freeze it in little bags ready diced for that as well