When I first saw “speck” on a pizza menu on my first trip to Italy I had to wonder just what in the world it was. After all, the word isn’t Italian at all. Of course, I had to try it too and was pleasantly surprised to find a dry, smoked ham.
Fast forward to 2009. The only way I’ve eaten speck has been on pizza or sliced with bread. But, I ran across some pre-diced speck in the supermarket which got me thinking about what could be done with it. Obviously it is used in recipes or they wouldn’t sell it that way.
So, I mixed it with some other ingredients and poured it over some fresh strozzapreti and it was fantastic. You can use any formed pasta for this sauce.
Ingredients
200 grams dry pasta like penne, rigatoni, etc.
1 onion, diced
1 cup cubed speck (or other dry ham)
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons butter
pinch nutmeg
Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat and add onion. Cook until translucent, then add the speck and cook for another 2 minutes. Add the cream and cook until heated through. Remove from the heat and add the walnuts and pinch of nutmeg.
Serve over hot pasta.
Yummmm
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This is a great way to use speck!
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It’s lunch time in Philadelphia and my salad is so not going to do it today after seeing this picture!!
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Ooh, I like that! I’m going to look for the pre-diced speck here.
(My first encounter with speck was the same as yours!)
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I found speck in my local market. It comes with a few recipe.
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Mary Reply:
December 3rd, 2009 at 2:44 pm
I’m surprised you found speck in your local market Rose. I did find it there in the Italian Market in Philadelphia, but never in the supermarket.
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