Description
A cold pasta salad with ham, pineapple, onion, and a jerk-flavored mayonnaise sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) package elbow macaroni
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons dried parsley
- 2 tablespoons distilled vinegar
- 2 teaspoons ground allspice
- 1 ½ teaspoons dried thyme
- 1 ½ teaspoons dried marjoram
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained and roughly chopped
- ½ pound fully cooked ham, chopped
- 1 large onion, chopped
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water
- stirring occasionally
- until tender yet firm to the bite
- about 8 minutes. Drain
- rinse under cool water
- and drain again.
- Meanwhile
- combine mayonnaise
- lime juice
- soy sauce
- vegetable oil
- brown sugar
- parsley
- vinegar
- allspice
- thyme
- marjoram
- ginger
- garlic powder
- salt
- nutmeg
- pepper
- and cinnamon for jerk sauce in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool.
- Combine cooled pasta and cooled jerk sauce with pineapple
- ham
- and onion. Place in the refrigerator until chilled and flavors have developed
- about 1 hour.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Servings: 10