To Boil Ham. No. 1
Ingredients
Directions
Boil the ham slowly for eight hours.
When done, remove the skin and let it cool.
Garnish with jelly.
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 cut being cooked, so its long slow simmer makes it tender and fully cooked.
The step that matters
Boil the ham slowly. A gentle simmer cooks the meat evenly and keeps it tender; a rolling boil toughens the muscle fibres and can make the outside dry and stringy before the centre is done.
“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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