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Westphalia Ham

This recipe uses saltpetre.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Westphalia Ham

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Rub each ham well with saltpetre and brown sugar.

  2. The following day, place the ham in water and bring to a simmer.

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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