Boiled Ham
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash and scrape the ham.
Boil
Place the ham in a large kettle and cover it with water.
Bring the water to a boil.
Boil the ham for 15 minutes per pound.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Ham
- Is the main cooked protein; simmering in water gently tenderises it and renders out fat.
The step that matters
Keep the water at a gentle boil. A hard, rolling boil toughens the meat's proteins and can make the outside dry and stringy, so hold a steady simmer for the full cooking time.
“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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