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Fried Ham

A ham cooked by boiling and then frying in its own fat.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Fried Ham

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place the ham in a skillet and pour boiling water over it to freshen it.

  2. Let it boil for about 10 minutes, then pour off the water.

  3. Fry the ham in its own fat.

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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What each ingredient does

Ham
Provides the meat and its own fat, which renders during frying to cook the ham.

“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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