Prize-winning
recipes celebrate
glories of Spam

This week's episode of "Hawaii's Kitchen" was a rerun featuring winning recipes from last year's Spamarama competition. The show aired at 5:30 p.m. Sunday on KHON Fox 2.

Spam-Apple Quiche

12-ounce can Smoked Spam
1 cup shredded cheddar
1 cup Monterey Jack cheese
9-inch deep-dish pie crust
2 large Granny Smith apples, skinned and sliced thin
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
4 large eggs
1 cup half and half
1 tablespoon mustard powder
1 tablespoon Worcestershire
1/8 teaspoon garlic salt

Slice Spam 1/4-inch thick and fry until golden brown. Cut into cubes. Mix the cheeses and spread half on the bottom of the pie crust. Place 1 cup Spam on top. Spread apples on top. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Add remaining cheese.

Mix eggs and half and half in blender. Add mustard powder, Worcestershire and garlic salt. Pour egg mixture into piecrust and bake at 350 degrees, 45-55 minutes. Serves 6.

Once Upon a Spam

1-1/2 cup dried black eye peas
1/2 cup dried Anasazi beans
1/2 large Maui onion, diced
1 mild red chile pepper, seeded and finely diced
Juice from 3 large lemons
2 tablespoons Thai fish sauce
2/3 can Spam
1 bunch mint, diced
2/3 bunch parsley, diced
5 or 6 romaine lettuce leaves
1 tomato wedge
3 cherry tomatoes
Pepper and sea salt, to taste

Soak beans in water overnight. Cook with salt until tender; rinse, drain and chill.

Combine onion, red chile pepper, lemon juice and Thai fish sauce in a bowl, stir and let it sit for about 1/2 hour.

Dice 2/3 can (more or less) Spam, fry until lightly browned, drain dry on paper towels and cool.

Combine beans, onion mixture, Spam, mint and parsley, toss well.

In a serving platter, lay out romaine and pour bean mixture artfully onto leaves to make a face. Use tomato wedge for a mouth and cherry tomatoes for eyes and nose. Add fresh ground black pepper and more ground sea salt to taste. Serve immediately.

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