Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam...

Today's episode of Dole Cuisine brings you Spamcetta Bolognese with wholewheat fusili.

You will need the following ingredients:

• 1x 200g can of Spam (actually 250g as they have a 25 percent extra free deal at the mo)
• 150g of wholewheat fusili (if it's been open in the cupboard for a while, be sure to pick out any biscuit weevils)
• 1 jar Bolognese Sauce (Tesco often do 2 for £1 deals on Ragu or what-have you)

Serves 2, but let's face it, it serves just you over two consecutive nights, you sad loser.

Put a big pan of salted water on to boil for the pasta, then while that's doing, cut the Spam into little rectangles about 1cm by 0.5cm.  

Sautee the Spam in a frying pan with the fat from the weekend's fried egg-and-ketchup sandwich. You're aiming for the Spam to start turning crispy and yum, as well as for some of the fat in it to drain out.  When done, leave on some kitchen towel to drain some of the fat off.

Once the water is boiling, throw in the pasta and bring back to the boil for about 10-12 minutes (eleven minutes is a good aimpoint)

Four minutes or so from the end of the pasta cooking time, chuck the bolognese sauce in another pan and add the spam.  Set the heat to "eh, that looks sort of moderate" and heat without letting it boil.  Be sure to stir regularly to stop it burning and to bring the spam-sauce mixture to a state of maximum entropy.

Drain the pasta, mix in the sauce/spam and serve.  Goes well with red wine, white wine, vodka, gin, buckfast, methylated spirits and that big bottle of Tia Maria that mum used for her New Year's Black Russian.  All mixed up in a big jug.

Actually, Spamcetta Bolognese is really nice.  Far nicer than it has any right to be.

Tomorrow's recipe: Spam and Super Noodles.