Spam and vegetable traybake with fresh pineapple and rye sourdough toast.

A couple of weeks ago I made a sausage and vegetable traybake.

Sausage and vegetable traybake

It’s been a while since I’ve opened a can of Spam. I was watching a Bon Appétit video on YouTube, and Spam was the featured ingredient.

I shared the video with a Facebook friend who also likes Spam and played on my mind overnight.

Ingredients

• Spam
• Pineapple
• Eggplant
• Capsicum
• Red onion
• Broccoli
• Garlic
• Paprika
• Parsley
• Iodised salt
• Whole black peppercorns
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Sourdough bread
• Grated cheese 

Instructions

1. Turn your oven on and set the temperature for between 180 and 200 °C.
2. Sharpen your cook’s knife and think about Proverbs 27:17.
3. Cut pineapple into quarters, trim off the skin and cut away the fibrous core. You can use as much or as little pineapple as you like. I used a whole quarter and diced it.
4. Peel the eggplant and cut it into bite-sized cubes.
5. Dice the Spam into small pieces.
6. Thickly slice the capsicum.
7. Cut the florets off a head of broccoli and cut the stalks into small lengths.
8. Smash your garlic with your fist and peel the papery skin off.
9. Put everything into a large mixing bowl and splash with extra virgin olive oil. Get your hands in there and gently fondle everything to ensure everything gets touched by the oil.
10. Season generously with the flaky iodised salt.
11. Spread everything onto a baking tray leaving enough room for a slice of sourdough bread.
12. Pour EVOO over one side of the sourdough bread.
13. Place the baking tray into the oven.
14. Cook for 10 minutes.
15. Remove the baking tray and turn the bread over and use a pair of tongs to separate the vegetables and turn them over.
16. Cook for 10 minutes and remove the bread.
17. Return the tray to the oven and check the vegetables regularly over the next ten minutes to ensure everything is tender.
18. Remove the tray and allow everything to rest for a few minutes.
19. After the Spam and vegetables have cooled, season with freshly ground black pepper and drizzle some Old Bones smoked garlic chilli sauce over the Spam pieces and vegetables while the food is warm.
20. Transfer everything to a dinner plate and add the toasted sourdough on the side with some spicy mango chutney spread on the bread.
21. Sit down with your meal and gives thanks to the Lord for dinner.

Final thoughts

I know Spam isn’t popular. Spam isn’t healthful. That said, Spam is delicious.

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