Easy Leftover Ham Pasta

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You will love having Easter leftovers with this Hatfield® Ham Pasta recipe! Delicious Hatfield Ham combined with caramelized onions, peas and cream for a flavorful and hearty meal. For another leftover ham recipe idea, check out our Ham and Cheese Pasta Bake! 

Ham always plays a starring role on our family Easter table. Today’s article will focus on how Hatfield® Ham can make for a delicious Easter brunch, or how leftover Hatfield® Ham can be featured in the tasty and easy ham pasta recipe we share today.

I headed to Hannaford Supermarket in Waltham, MA, to pick up our Hatfield® Ham. In the butcher section toward the back of the store, they have a good range of Hatfield® products to choose from.

Hatfield® Ham for Easter Brunch and Dinner

We started getting into Easter mode this weekend by preparing a Easter style dinner featuring a 3 lb Classic Hatfield Ham, served along with some mashed potatoes and green beans.

And another time we had Hatfield Ham in the mix, we served it along with this delicious Broccoli Cheddar Casserole. 

I was aiming to have leftovers to make the Hatfield Ham Pasta recipe the next day; otherwise I probably would have selected the 2 lb. Classic Hatfield Ham. The range of products available from Hatfield® is another reason their products are great options around the Easter holiday. They had a lot to choose from at our nearby Hannaford Supermarket! You can find a list of stores carrying Hatfield products after the recipe.

Keep Hatfield® in mind for your Easter Brunch, too! Their phrase “The Best Easter Brunches Start With Hatfield!” remind us that an Easter Brunch menu can be created around Hatfield® Ham. You could dice some ham to make a wonderful ham and cheese omelette, or use the Hatfield ¼ Pre-Sliced Ham slices in a ham, egg and cheese sandwich. Hatfield® also has excellent bacon and sausage products perfect for your Easter Brunch needs.

Making Hatfield Ham Pasta

Our Hatfield Ham Pasta recipe is very easy to make. The hardest part is probably making sure your family leaves enough ham the first night you have it! If you are doing this planned leftover, just be sure to buy a big enough Hatfield® Ham.

Scroll down to the recipe card for all the ham pasta recipe details, but here are a few quick highlights on how to make it:

Put a pot of water on to boil for the pasta. Caramelize some onion in a large skillet.

Cut up your leftover Hatfield® Ham into bite sized pieces to be ready to add to the skillet.

Add the peas along with olive oil and a bit of chicken broth to the skillet, cook while covered for about 5 minutes.

Stir the ham into the skillet along with the tarragon, and let the ham flavors mesh with the other ingredients as the pasta finishes cooking.

Toss the ham and onion mixture immediate with the cooked pasta. Then add the cheese and cream, and you are ready to enjoy a delicious Hatfield® Ham Pasta meal for dinner!

Another example of how easy it is to feature Hatfield® Ham in a family meal.

ABOUT HATFIELD® PORK

OK, so Hatfield® Pork products such as the ham we enjoyed in our pasta recipe are simply delicious. But let’s mention a bit more about the company behind the product.

Hatfield® is an American family-owned company, with its pork products produced in Pennsylvania and Michigan. The company is committed to ethically raising its animals. 

Hatfield pork products themselves are nitrate and nitrate free, as well as gluten free. However, please note that our Hatfield Ham Pasta  recipe as given contains gluten. But you could use a gluten free pasta to make the Hatfield Ham Pasta recipe as a gluten free meal.

Hatfield Ham Pasta

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You will love having Easter leftovers with this Hatfield Ham Pasta recipe! Delicious Hatfield Ham combined with caramelized onions, peas and cream for a flavorful and hearty meal.

• Author: Cooking Chat
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Yield: 6 servings 1x
• Category: Main
• Method: stove top
• Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 cup green peas — defrosted if using frozen
• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 3 tbsp chicken broth or water
• 2 cups leftover Hatfield Ham, cut into bite sized pieces
• ½ tsp dried tarragon
• ¼ cup Parmesan cheese
• ¼ heavy cream
• 1 lb ziti or other short pasta shape

Instructions

1. Begin heating water in a large pot for the pasta.
2. Melt the butter in a large skillet on medium low heat. Add the onions, and let cook for 5 minutes without moving, then stir once. Cook another 5 minutes until the onion begins to caramelize.
3. Add the olive oil along with the peas and chicken broth. Stir to combine with the onions. Cover and cook another 5 minutes.
4. Start cooking the pasta according to package instructions.
5. After the peas have cooked for 5 minutes, stir in the Hatfield Ham along with the tarragon. Cover and cook another 5 minutes or so, as the pasta finishes cooking.
6. When the pasta is cooked to your liking, reserve ¼ cup of the cooking water. Drain the pasta and toss immediately the ham and peas mixture. Stir in the cheese followed by the cream. Add half of the reserved cooking water, and a bit more if it looks like it needs more liquid. Plate the pasta and enjoy!

Notes

• Hatfield® Hams are always fully cooked so there’s no need to worry if the ham has been cooked enough. In this recipe, you are simply try to heat up the ham and have that delicious ham flavors mesh with the other ingredients.
• You could use more or less ham depending on what you actually have leftover. I would say you would want at least 1 ½ cups of ham for this amount of pasta.
• If you have leftover peas already cooked, add them at the same time as the ham as they have already been cooked.

Keywords: ham, leftover ham, ham pasta, Easter leftovers

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Where to find Hatfield Ham Products

• Hatfield 2lb AND 3lb Classic Hams are available at
  • Giant Carlisle
  • Giant Landover
  • ShopRite
  • Stop n Shop
  • ACME
  • Weis
• Hatfield ¼ Pre-Sliced is available at
  
• • ACME
  • Food Lion
  • Weis
  • Hannaford
• Hatfield ½ PIT Ham is available at
  
• • ACME
  • Weis
• Ham Steaks are available at
  • Giant Carlisle
  • Giant Landover
  • Giant Eagle
  • Hannaford
  • Shop Rite
  • Stop n Shop
  • ACME
  • Weis
• Recipe Essentials are available at
  • Giant Carlisle
  • Giant Landover
  • Shop Rite
  • Stop n Shop
  • ACME
  • Food Lion (Sweet & Chorizo Recipe Essentials only at Food Lion)