To Boil a Ham
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Soak the ham for two days, changing the water frequently.
Cook and serve
Boil the ham for 5 to 7 hours.
Season with coarse sea salt to taste before serving.
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
- Is the main cut that is slowly simmered until tender, with its own fat and salt carried into the water.
The step that matters
Soak the ham for two days, changing the water frequently. Soaking draws out excess surface salt from a cured ham. Changing the water keeps the soaking water from becoming saturated, so the salt keeps leaching out and the finished meat is less harshly salty.
“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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