Home cured ham

Slinwagh · 01-12-2010, 00:20

I did this last Christmas and it was well worth it, there is little effort required but it takes a fair bit of time, 9 1/2 days in total!

Ingredients:

1800 g salt 12 litres water
2 heads of garlic.
Zest of 2 lemons.
Zest of 4 oranges.
6 sprigs of rosemary
4 cinnamon sticks
Bunch of thyme
14 bay leaves
14g star anise
300g coriander seeds
4g cloves
8g allspice
2g juniper berries

The ham.

Dissolve the salt in hot water, allow it to cool before you put the ham in.

Chop up the thyme and rosemary, zest the fruit and and all the spices to a muslin cloth.

Tie the muslin so nothing can fall out.

Put everything into the brine.

That is everything you need to do for the first 7 days.

After 7 days you wash the ham and soak it in clean water for 24 hours, the more you change the water, the more salt you remove, last year changing the water 3 times was enough.

After the 24 hours are up you cook it, bring the pan to the boil and then place it in the oven at 60'c for 32 hours!.

Slinwagh · 01-12-2010, 00:22

And you end up with this.......

Desmo · 01-12-2010, 07:17

MB did this last year and it tasted damn bloody nice. Not sure if he used the same ingredients as you or not though.

Jonny69 · 01-12-2010, 09:08

Mmmmm that looks really good. I hate supermarket gammon (what makes it taste like that?

) but home made bacon and ham... YUM!

I'd heard that if you use 5-10% saltpetre in with the salt it preserves the colour of the ham, but it looks like yours has remained pink.

Desmo · 01-12-2010, 12:33

I was wrong, MB did bacon. I remember eating the massive bacon sarnies at his

lostkat · 01-12-2010, 17:47

Were they vertical Desmo? Uh huh huh huh huh

That does look like a jolly nice ham. Mum does our hams but I'm sure she doesn't bake them for that long!!

Glaucus · 01-12-2010, 20:40

*insert drooling smiley here*
Darn that looks good and was going to ask about this the other week. Wanting to do one for Christmas.
Although I've been looking at wet cured recipes.

Slinwagh · 01-12-2010, 22:05

That is wet cured but you also roast it. Not sure why !?

Glaucus · 01-12-2010, 22:09

Doh' should read the instructions between the photos.
Exclent will be making this then.

Desmo · 02-12-2010, 07:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by lostkat

Were they vertical Desmo? Uh huh huh huh huh

Yes.....with a little sauce.

01-12-2010, 00:20	#1
Slinwagh Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 107	Home cured ham I did this last Christmas and it was well worth it, there is little effort required but it takes a fair bit of time, 9 1/2 days in total! Ingredients: 1800 g salt 12 litres water 2 heads of garlic. Zest of 2 lemons. Zest of 4 oranges. 6 sprigs of rosemary 4 cinnamon sticks Bunch of thyme 14 bay leaves 14g star anise 300g coriander seeds 4g cloves 8g allspice 2g juniper berries The ham. Dissolve the salt in hot water, allow it to cool before you put the ham in. Chop up the thyme and rosemary, zest the fruit and and all the spices to a muslin cloth. Tie the muslin so nothing can fall out. Put everything into the brine. That is everything you need to do for the first 7 days. After 7 days you wash the ham and soak it in clean water for 24 hours, the more you change the water, the more salt you remove, last year changing the water 3 times was enough. After the 24 hours are up you cook it, bring the pan to the boil and then place it in the oven at 60'c for 32 hours!.

01-12-2010, 07:17	#3
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	MB did this last year and it tasted damn bloody nice. Not sure if he used the same ingredients as you or not though. __________________

01-12-2010, 09:08	#4
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	Mmmmm that looks really good. I hate supermarket gammon (what makes it taste like that? ) but home made bacon and ham... YUM! I'd heard that if you use 5-10% saltpetre in with the salt it preserves the colour of the ham, but it looks like yours has remained pink. __________________

01-12-2010, 12:33	#5
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	I was wrong, MB did bacon. I remember eating the massive bacon sarnies at his __________________

01-12-2010, 17:47	#6
lostkat Good Cat Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,550	Were they vertical Desmo? Uh huh huh huh huh That does look like a jolly nice ham. Mum does our hams but I'm sure she doesn't bake them for that long!! __________________ Oooooh Cecil, what have you done?

01-12-2010, 00:22	#2
Slinwagh Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 107	And you end up with this.......

01-12-2010, 20:40	#7
Glaucus Absinthe Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,855	insert drooling smiley here Darn that looks good and was going to ask about this the other week. Wanting to do one for Christmas. Although I've been looking at wet cured recipes. __________________

01-12-2010, 22:05	#8
Slinwagh Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 107	That is wet cured but you also roast it. Not sure why !?

01-12-2010, 22:09	#9
Glaucus Absinthe Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,855	Doh' should read the instructions between the photos. Exclent will be making this then. __________________