hello this is chef john from food wishes calm with deviled ham that's right
you're looking for something unique and very delicious to bring to a party
except you're really not into cooking not to mention you don't have a lot of
money or time well in that case this deviled ham spread might be exactly what
you're looking for and perfect for your guests that love ham but aren't crazy
about having to chew it and while maybe not the most beautiful party snack in
history the taste I think more than makes up for that and it's extremely
fast and easy to put together so with that let's go ahead and get started with
the star of the show our ham and what I have here is about a pound and a half of
what my butcher sells as ham steak although literally any type of ham is
gonna work here and what we'll do first is go ahead and take a knife and cube
this up which might seem like an odd step since we're gonna grind this in the
food processor but by starting with some smaller pieces to begin with the meats
gonna blend faster and easier and more uniformly so we'll go ahead and quickly
cube up our ham at which point we can transfer that into the aforementioned
food processor and then what we'll do is add two things before we blitz this and
that's gonna be a quarter cup of diced onions and again by giving those a chop
first they're gonna blend in a lot better and more evenly and then besides
the onions we'll do about the same amount of diced celery and if you look
carefully you'll notice I did include a little bit of the celery leaf which is
considered somewhat of a secret ingredient here so if your celery stock
had a little bit of leaf attached don't be afraid to include some and then what
we'll do once those three ingredients are together is to take this and process
it by pulsing on and off until it's very finely ground as determined by you but I
pulse mine on and off for about a minute or so until it was relatively finely
ground and looked a little something like this which you're going to get a
much better look at here as I transfer this into a bowl in which we will mix
the rest of the ingredients and then what we'll do once we bold our ham is to
start adding the ingredients that make this deviled which simply refers to
spicy and or sharply flavored ingredients and I'm going to start with
one such optional ingredients and that would be a couple ounces of spicy cheese
and this right here is a red pepper infused cheddar and while not a classic
ham ingredients I do think it's a nice addition but as I said it is optional so
you decide you are after all the seitan of whether you're grating but anyway
let's go ahead and continue this double is a ssin with a nice big spoon a dijon
or of course the mustard of your choice and then we're gonna definitely need a
very generous application of hot sauce and just in case you're wondering I'm
using sriracha because I'm using so much of that we really don't need to add any
cayenne here but we will anyway I'm gonna toss in a nice big spoon of that
and then we'll continue on with a nice big spoon of Worcestershire sauce and we
will finish off with a nice big scoop of mayo and I believe that's it we will
take a spatula and give this a thorough mixing and I should say we'll take a
spatula and give this an initial mix because once this is stirred together
we're gonna want to give it a check to make sure it has the exact texture we
want so we will go ahead and spatulate that mixture until completely smooth
which way I'm gonna grab a knife and give it a try and yes of course we're
doing this to check the flavors but just as important we're checking the texture
here okay we want something that's nice and soft and moist and spreadable and
nothing too dry and crumbly so this was very close but I did decide to add one
more d'Alba Mayo and then I also decided taste-wise it need a little more heat so
I gave it one more shot of hot sauce then we'll go ahead and mix that up and
for me that ended up being just right and then what we'll do once that's mixed
time permitting is go ahead and wrap it up and pop in the fridge for a few hours
before service alright that'll give all those flavors time to meld together plus
I do like to serve this well chilled but either way whether you serve it
immediately or chill it for a few hours once we're ready we'll go ahead and
transfer that into something a little more attractive to serve it in and then
what I'm gonna do for a presentation is take these little baby pickled peppers
and place those around the edge of the dish to sort of distract from that less
than gorgeous surface appearance and since these sort of look like little
flames I think it totally works and I forget the name of these I think they're
called dewdrop peppers I mean I would have called them the tears of Lucifer
but that's just me so I'm going to go ahead and surround my dip with those
before finishing it up a little dusting of cayenne
as well as some chopped chives for that full-on late 70s food magazine cover
finish all right my goal with garnishing any kind of dip or spread for a party is
that I want people not to be sure whether I'm being ironic or not which I
think I've really pulled off here but anyway that's it's my take on deviled
ham is done and ready to enjoy which I'm gonna go ahead and do and a couple
different types of rye crisps and I have to say despite the somewhat questionable
appearance this stuff is just absolutely delicious are a very happy very spicy
with those savory and aromatic elements in the background sort of amplifying all
the flavors this really is a great party snack and not just because it tastes
good but also because it's a little bit out of the ordinary all right don't get
me wrong I do love all the classic dips and spreads but as far as a little bit
of an interesting change of pace this really does go down a treat and I was
gonna stop right there but then I remembered I hadn't tried one with a
pepper on it so I felt like I should take one more bite before I signed off
but anyway that's it my version of deviled ham I'm sure a lot of our
younger viewers have never even heard of this stuff and that's because it enjoyed
its peak popularity before the Internet but with your help and this video to
work from I feeling like we could bring this back and restore it to its former
glory oh and by the way above and beyond being a great dip and spread this also
makes a world-class sandwich so for all those reasons and more I really do hope
you give this a try soon so head over to food wishes comm for all the ingredient
amounts and we're FYI as usual and as always enjoy
you