Baked Ham With Pineapple & Chilli

Inspired by the classic Hawaiian pizza flavours, these baked gammon (ham) steaks with pineapple and green chilli are a quick and easy paleo-friendly, gluten-free and low-carb sheet pan dinner.


Baked Ham & Pineapple (Gammon) with Green Chilli (Paleo, Gluten-free, Low-Carb)

What Is Gammon?

I’ve had my fair share of bacon and other cured pork products but I’ve never really had much (or any) gammon until I lived in the United Kingdom, where you’d often see it on the menus and in the supermarket’s meat section.

For those of you not familiar with gammon, it’s a British term for dry-cured and brined pork meat from the hind leg of pork that is most similar to thick-cut bacon or raw ham.

It can be smoked and unsmoked, and like bacon, it needs to be cooked before being eaten. Think of it as cured, raw ham (in the U.S. it is often referred to as ‘fresh ham’).

Gammon can come as sliced steaks or sell as a large piece of pork on or off the bone. Once cooked, it’s similar to roasted or glazed ham, and the salty meat goes well with sweet condiments, hence why I decided to bake it with pineapple.

Baked Gammon & Pineapple with Green Chilli
 

Baked Gammon Steaks

For this recipe, I bought a large piece of gammon off the bone and sliced it into steaks. You can buy pre-sliced gammon steaks, thick-cut bacon, or even regular pork chops, which would work perfectly in this recipe. You could even do a combination of regular pork steaks and some bacon strips, all baked together with diced pineapple and chilli.

For the chilli, I used a long green chilli pepper (e.g. jalapeños), which has just enough heat to add a little kick to the dish. You can omit the chilli or use dried flakes instead. I imagine that even pickled jalapeños could be used in this recipe.

I enjoyed serving these gammon steaks with some roasted sweet potatoes and a green salad. You could have potatoes at the same time in the oven. Leftovers were lovely in a salad or as a filling in a paleo wrap.

PS. I know it’s bad to cook with foil but I was making this dish at a friend’s house and they didn’t have any parchment/baking paper, which I recommend using instead. The pineapple will release juices which will caramelise and can burn slightly, so foil or parchment paper is useful to keep the baking pan easier to clean.

Baked gammon ingredients

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Baked Gammon & Pineapple with Green Chilli

Baked Gammon With Pineapple & Chilli

  • Author: Irena Macri
  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Cook Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 45 mins
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Category: Main
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: Hawaiian/American
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Description

These sheet pan baked gammon steaks (ham steaks) with fresh pineapple and green chilli are a great low-carb take on a classic Hawaiian pizza.


Ingredients

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  • 750 g / 1.6 lb of gammon joint (unsmoked, off the bone), sliced into steaks (or use precut steaks, see alternatives in the notes above)
  • ½ ripe fresh pineapple, peeled and cut into small thin wedges
  • 1 long green chilli pepper, sliced thinly
  • Drizzle of olive oil
  • Cracked black pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 220 C / 425 F (conventional, not fan forced). Line a flat baking sheet with some parchment/baking paper.
  2. Place the gammon steaks on top, spacing them apart slightly. Scatter the pineapple wedges over the top and around the ham and top with chilli slices. Finish off by drizzling everything with a little bit of olive oil (about 1-2 tablespoons) and some cracked pepper.
  3. Bake in the hot oven, middle shelf, for about 25-30 minutes. Serve with a salad and/or cooked sweet potato or other vegetables of choice.

Keywords: Ham, Gammon, Pineapple, Sheet Pan

Irena Macri
By Irena Macri

About the author: Hi, I’m Irena Macri. I share easy, delicious recipes with a healthy twist. I’ve been food blogging for over 10 years and have a Diploma in Nutrition & Weight Management. I believe in a balanced diet with an occasional cookie and cheesy pasta. More about me here. Sign-up for my newsletter and subscriber freebies.

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10 Comments
  1. We have a friend who takes fresh pineapple places it in a jar after slicing it up adding the juice and then some chili’s before then leaving to marinate for several weeks. It really is delicious.

    1. That sounds like a great idea! I imagine it would give it a nice little kick. I often make pineapple salsa with fresh chilli and it’s so lovely.

  2. Oooohhhh now this is my kind of meal! My husband and I would both happily devour this. I love pineapple with baked ham and that little extra kick of spice sounds lovely.

  3. So few ingredients bu magical flavors! Sweet, spicy, salty! I love the flavor dimensions! I had never heard of gammon before, learned something new!

  4. Pineapple and pork are the best combo! I love how simple this is but so flavorful at the same time.

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