SPAM® Mac and Cheese

Post in collaboration with SPAM® Chopped Pork and Ham

Celebrate the one true and original SPAM® Chopped Pork and Ham with a quick family friendly Mac 'n' Cheese recipe that everyone will love. Leeks and SPAM® stirred through the Mac, plus a crispy golden cheese and SPAM® topping makes the most perfect comfort food.

SPAM. SPAM. SPAM. No, not the annoying stuff clogging up your inbox but the iconic meat in a tin. SPAM® Chopped Pork and Ham. What does it mean to you? Monty Python? School Dinners? Guilty Pleasure?! Over the years it has been maligned, celebrated and musicalised. SPAM Fritters were one of my absolute favourite school dinners back in the 80's accompanied by the obligatory ice cream scoops of mash and spaghetti in tomato sauce. Those were the days! 

#SPAMweek2018 The annual official SPAM® Appreciation Week has just kicked off and runs from 5-11 March 2018. It’s the time of year when SPAM Fans across the UK get the opportunity to show their love for the original iconic meat. SPAM Chopped Pork and Ham is made from a minimum of 90% shoulder pork and leg ham and once out of the can or tub, the versatile meat certainly makes more than just a square meal. SPAM Can… be sliced, diced, chopped, grilled and fried to make a huge selection delicious quick and easy meals and snacks. I've previously shared recipes for SPAM Hawaiian Style Pizza, SPAM Fries, SPAMbled Eggs and today it's the turn of SPAM Mac and Cheese. A quick family friendly dinner that everyone will love. Leeks and SPAM stirred through the Mac, plus a crispy golden cheese and SPAM topping makes the most perfect comfort food.

SPAM® Mac ‘n’ Cheese

Ingredients 

1x 340g can of SPAM® Chopped Pork and Ham - cut into 1/2" (12mm) cubes 

50g butter 

(optional) 75g leeks – sliced 

40g plain flour, from cupboard 

1 x rounded teaspoon mustard powder 

1 x egg - beaten 

125g mild Cheddar cheese – grated 

350ml milk from fridge 

130g dried macaroni - cooked according to manufacturer’s instructions 

Salt and freshly ground black pepper 

A little extra butter to grease the dish 

Garnish: fresh parsley (optional) 

Method 

Melt the butter in a saucepan and sauté the leeks on low heat until softened. 

Add the plain flour, mustard powder, salt and pepper and stir for 2 minutes to cook the flour 

Gradually add the milk, stirring well between each addition and continue to cook until sauce begins to thicken 

Take off the heat and allow to cool slightly, then add a little of the hot sauce into the beaten egg, stir well, then add this mixture back into the saucepan and stir well (do not add the egg straight into the sauce or it will "scramble"). 

Meantime cook the macaroni as per manufacturer’s instructions and add to the sauce and stir well. 

Add the grated cheese (reserving a little for the topping and 3/4 of the cooked cubed SPAM® Chopped Pork and Ham, stir well to combine 

Grease an ovenproof dish with the extra butter and pour the mixture into the dish. 

Top the mixture with the remaining SPAM® Chopped Pork and Ham cubes and sprinkle on the remaining grated cheese 

Cook in a preheated oven 25/30mins until golden 

Garnish with fresh parsley and serve

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SPAM® Hawaiian Style Pizza

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