Last updated on April 11th, 2025
If you’re asking yourself what to do with leftover gammon, then this recipe is for you! An easy 15-minute pasta dish to make with leftover Roast gammon, Pork Butt or Gammon Steaks. This pasta sauce is so delicious you will find yourself cooking Gammon just to make this recipe! The ingredient list is small and the recipe is easy to follow!
The other day I roasted a Pork Butt which is essentially a “small” gammon. There was still so much leftover though and it kills me to waste food so I chopped up the leftover gammon and incorporated it into this yummy, creamy pasta dish! So, essentially we had one Pork Butt creating 2 meals!
You can easily add some veggies to this pasta – my suggestion is to mix in a handful of baby spinach leaves just before serving. Alternately, you could add in 1/2 cup cooked peas or corn.
Why I love this recipe:
- The gammon goes all crispy – I love that!
- The sauce is creamy and tasty and so easy to make. The whole recipe is so easy to make actually!
- It is quick to make – not many recipes on this blog take 15 minutes to whip together
- It uses one-pot! Less dishes to clean up!
- It is versatile – add chicken pieces in, make the dish with leftover bacon, add in peas or corn! There is a lot you can do with this dish!
Ingredients Needed o Make this Tasty, Creamy Gammon Pasta:
- leftover gammon
- maple syrup
- butter
- garlic cloves, crushed
- thyme
- lemon juice
- cream
- parmesan
- salt and freshly cracked black pepper
- pasta
How to Make Creamy Gammon Pasta with Leftovers { Summary}
Firstly, cook the pasta and set aside.
Gather all the meaty leftovers from the roast gammon, pork butt or gammon steaks. Chop it up into little cubes – even if you have just one cup of leftover meat, that is still perfect. If you have 2 cups, also great! If you have 3-4 cups of leftover meat, you may need to double the other ingredients too.
Fry the gammon in butter and maple syrup as well as garlic and thyme. Get the gammon all golden and crispy and juicy and the herbs and garlic fragrant.
Add the lemon juice and then the cream. Give it a stir and then add the parmesan.
Add the pasta to the sauce and mix to get everything nicely coated in the creamy sauce. Top with chopped fresh parsley.
Have leftover roast chicken? Try these recipes:
Spicy Rice and Chicken Strips
Easy Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake
Leftover Roast Gammon, Gammon Pasta
Prep Time: 5 minutes- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
Yield: 3–4 servings 1x
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An easy 15-minute pasta dish to make with leftover roast Gammon, Pork Butt or Gammon steaks. This pasta sauce is so delicious you will find yourself cooking Gammon just to make this recipe! The ingredient list is small and the recipe is easy – hooray!
Ingredients
- 1 –2 cups (150-300g) leftover gammon, cut into small cubes or shredded
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 tablespoons butter
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 teaspoon Thyme
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 1/2 cup (375ml) cream
- ½ cup parmesan
- Salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
- 250g uncooked pasta, penne or screws or farfalle work well
Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to package instructions, then drain and set aside.
- In a medium-sized pot, add the butter, gammon, maple syrup, garlic and thyme. Sauté over medium-high heat until the gammon is golden brown and crispy and the garlic is fragrant, 4-5 minutes.
- Add the tablespoon lemon juice and simmer for 1 minute.
- Add the cream and simmer for another 1-2 minutes.
- Stir in the parmesan and season to taste.
- Add the pasta to the sauce and stir to combine. Top with chopped fresh parsley.
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