Points on Boiling Hams
Ingredients
Directions
Keep the water below boiling point while cooking the hams.
Cook hams for 5 hours at 200°F (93°C) or 7 hours at 180°F (82°C).
Ensure all equipment is clean before starting the cooking process.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Hams
- The main protein, which becomes tender and moist when cooked gently over long hours.
The step that matters
Keep the water below boiling point. Boiling water toughens the meat fibres and can make the outside dry and stringy. Holding the water just under boiling cooks the ham slowly and keeps it juicy.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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