Does everyone on here boil it first to get rid of the saltiness?

This thread inspired me and I have cooked a yummy ham this week with honey poured over it for last 20 mins - just delish!

@ Wallace

Oops!

An addition to Nice Ham For Dummies:

Once you have mastered the art of cooking the ham, you could go further. Yes.

Mix two big spoons of honey with two big spoons of wholegrain mustard.

Slather over ham.

Place in belting hot oven for 10 mins. (On a tin-foiled tray or you'll never get it off your tray.)

Bingo! Honey and Mustard NICE Ham.

sphil - I really want to know the answer to your question too! We eat a lot of ham and I'm always debating which type to get. Is ham cut off the bone at the deli counter as good as this home made stuff - I'm presuming its better than pre packaged stuff. Please does anyone know???

i prefer the unsmoked.....

served still warm with buttered new potatoes and salad

yummmmmmmmm!

Wow this is exciting

I have not yet tried out my Ham Plans but I am very keen to do so

should it be smoked hamor normal ham? which is better?

Put a gammon joint in a casserole dish and add a large tin of pineapple rings(in natural juice).Add water to bring the level up to 1/2 way up meat) I put 1 pineapple ring on top the gammon and the rest i break up so they lie flat around meat.

Note: The smaller the casserole dish the better...as if too big you need to add more water to get the level right... i have slow cooked it in just juice overnight- and it had fallen apart when i checked it in the morning!!!!)


I personally am very wasteful....and throw away most of the pineapple when cooked...the top ring is lovely...the rest too salty!
(but i buy the cheapest value tin of pineapple ...you don't have to by the luxury ones!)

I just googled "gammon joint to make own ham" and mumsnet was the second thing to come up

Noisy - I have one issue with your ham for dummies instructions.

You forgot "Take out of plastic before cooking"

I MADE NICE HAM!!!!!! And it was amazing!!! I am now a total, total convert and will never buy the pre-packed stuff again. It was so easy! I had a piece which was 1.1 kg, and I boiled it for an hour or so as per packet instructions then roasted it for an hour. I also made a glaze from mixing mustard and honey together and DH pronounced it the nicest thing he had ever eaten. [smug domestic goddess]