Sliced Smoked Gammon
There’s more to gammon than a festive centrepiece! Pre-sliced gammon shines beyond the big day and makes a fantastic addition to your favourite Alfredo.
Recipe by: Bianca Strydom, Romy Wilson, Jan Ras
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Gammon Alfredo
Serves: 4 to 6
Preparation: 10 minutes
Cooking: 25 minutes
Preparation: 10 minutes
Cooking: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
- 3 T olive oil
- 3 leeks, chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 4 brown mushrooms, chopped
- 2 T butter
- 2 cups cream
- 500 g Woolworths Ready to Eat Sliced Smoked Gammon, torn
- 500 g pappardelle pasta, cooked as per packaging instructions
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 50 g hard cheese, to serve
Cooking instructions:
- Heat the olive oil in a heavy-based saucepan and fry the leeks and garlic over a medium heat until slightly caramelised. Add the mushrooms, butter and cream and reduce for 5 minutes.
- Add the gammon and toss in the pasta.
- Season and serve hot, sprinkled with hard cheese.
Cook’s note: No gammon? Crispy bacon or sandwich ham works just as well.