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Ham, Glazing of

A ham glazed with a strong clear gravy boiled to syrup consistency.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Ham and syrup work together. They rank in the top 44% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Ham, Glazing of

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the ham

  1. Remove the rind from the ham, starting at the thick end.

  2. Trim the ham neatly and place it in the oven for a few minutes.

  3. Press a cloth over the ham to dry it.

Glaze the ham

  1. Brush the ham with melted glaze using a paste brush.

  2. Apply two or three coats of glaze.

  3. To melt the glaze, place the jar in a saucepan of boiling water and stir until dissolved.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Ham + syruptop 44% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Ham
Forms the meat base, and its dried surface lets the glaze cling.
Glaze
Reduced gravy forms a thick, glossy coat that adds flavour and shine.

The step that matters

Press a cloth over the ham to dry it.. Moisture on the surface thins the glaze and stops it adhering, so the coats slide off instead of building up a glossy layer.

“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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