How to Cook Ham
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the ham
Place the ham in a pot and cover it tightly with lukewarm water.
Boil the ham for 4 to 5 hours, ensuring minimal steam escapes.
Cool the ham
After boiling, let the ham sit in the water until it cools.
If cooked at night, leave the ham in the pot until morning.
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 protein, becoming tender and moist as it simmers slowly in water.
The step that matters
Keeping the steam in during the boil. Keeping the pot tightly covered holds heat and moisture steadily around the ham, so it cooks evenly and stays juicy instead of drying out at the surface.
“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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