To Boil Ham, Tongue, or Salted Meat
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the meat thoroughly.
Place the meat in a pot and cover with cold or tepid water.
Cook
If soaked overnight, boil as you would fresh meat.
Once boiling, skim the surface and reduce heat to simmer gently for 29 hours.
If the water boils away, replenish with boiling water.
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
- Ham, tongue, or salted meat
- Is the main food being cooked; its long simmer makes it tender and fully cooked through.
The step that matters
Skim the surface once boiling. Foam and scum rise as the meat heats and would cloud the broth and cook into a murky surface, so removing them early keeps the liquid clear.
“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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