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bagpuss

Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 04 11:09 am Post subject: ham in cocacola

This weekend I had some friends over so I cooked a ham in coca cola which was very nice (its a nigella lawson recipe)

we got a nice piece of ham from the butchers about 2kg so it would need 2 and 1/2hrs cooking

first it was boiled for about 1/2hr in water to remove some of the saltiness

the remaining cooking time was done in coke, I added an onion cut in half the mostly covered the joint in coke, this took a little over 2 litres and boiled it for 2hrs as I don't have a lit which fits my largest pot any more due to dropping it I kept topping the liquid up but if you have a lid covering it would probably be a good idea

once it had been boiled I took the joint out and removed the skin leaving a thin layer of fat. The remaining fat was scored, studded with cloves the covered first with black treacle (about 2tbsps) then had demera sugar and mustard powder sprinkled over it and put in a very hot over (225C+) for about 10 minutes. It came out lovely and glazed

The book says you can boil it in advance then glaze it just before serving if you wish if you do that it is better to put the joint in at a lower temperature for about 45minutes so it heats through

So far we have had some for lunch, some in a risotto for tea and I have some very nice ham and mustard sandwiches for my lunch today

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 04 11:13 am Post subject:
That sounds terrible, better try it with Irn Bru next

bagpuss

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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 04 11:19 am Post subject:
its wonderful, it produces a lovely moist sweet ham which I at least really like american in origin unsurprisingly

twoscoops

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Location: Warwickshire

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 04 11:20 am Post subject:
Joint & coke? We may be getting more Google hits than usual today. i have three hams in a Coke brine at the moment at home.

sean
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 04 11:20 am Post subject:
Tahir's unlikely to be using any ham recipes any time soon, so I wouldn't worry about his remarks.

tahir

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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 04 11:23 am Post subject:

bagpuss

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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 04 11:26 am Post subject:

Twoscoops wrote:

i have three hams in a Coke brine at the moment at home.

you are curing them in coke first that could be interesting, how long do you leave them for? and how do you then cook them

twoscoops

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Warwickshire

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 04 11:32 am Post subject:
It is a two-week cure, the recipe came from the sausagemaking website. The brine is about 15% coke. i suppose if you steeped it in coke only you would have nothing left at the end!

Jonnyboy

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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 04 11:34 am Post subject:
I saw the recipe in one of Nigellas books, I'm tempted to try it based on this review

twoscoops

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Location: Warwickshire

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 04 11:39 am Post subject:
I saw it too, it is in the 'Trashy' chapter, from which I tried the sweetcorn bake thingy - absolutely gorgeous it was. Actually, would go really well with a ham...

bagpuss

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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 04 11:43 am Post subject:
I would definitely recommend it, it is very nice she recommends using the left over liquor for a black bean soup but I have never tried that

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 04 12:13 pm Post subject:
Have you still got the liquor? We might have some blackbean paste in the fridge.

bagpuss

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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 04 12:33 pm Post subject:
nope, sorry I didn't think I would use it so it went down the sink

cab

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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 04 3:27 pm Post subject:

bagpuss wrote:

nope, sorry I didn't think I would use it so it went down the sink

D'oh!

Never mind.

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
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Location: Suffolk

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 04 7:37 pm Post subject:
I thought this was going to be a shock horror thread about the secret ingredient in coca cola!!

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