Ham and turkey for Xmas lunch - when to cook ham?

[HolyBuckets]

So I've ordered a turkey crown and a boneless ham from the butcher.

Presumably I can cook the ham on Xmas eve and reheat for Xmas lunch. How do you reheat the ham so it's still moist?

Carve is then heat it in the oven?

Carve and reheat in oven exactly right. Carve the turkey and stuffing too and make into wee turkey,ham stuffing parcels and cover in tinfoil

Cook overnight in slow cooker? I cook it for anything up to 12 hours as I forget about it 😂or put in first thing in the morning?

Ham for Christmas Eve, serve cold or warm up slices in oven. My gran always did this.

Ah good thinking. How long would you reckon the ham would take to reheat?

I cook my ham in xmas eve in a lidded roaster after boiling it in apple juice and water for an hour, I cover it in honey then roast for half an hour or so - it’s always moist the next day and I wrap some slices in foil to reheat. I always buy just a cheap ham joint and it’s always lovely.

Omg the slow cooker!!!

Will it come out nice?

I always do the Xmas ham in the slow cooker (Delia's ham in coca cola, but use cherry coke), then heat it by roasting in the oven with a glaze, to crisp up the rind.

You could boil it on Christmas Eve and then just bake it on the day. My MIL did hers in the slow cooker one year and it was awful. Kind of watery as opposed to moist, and it was a strange colour too.

MIL didn't bake it after the slow cooker though. I'd imagine that would make a huge difference.

I do ham in the slow cooker in ginger beer (but coke works well too). I don’t bother roasting it afterwards and it’s never gone watery. Don’t cook it for too long or it will just turn to mush. BBC good food and some good recipes for slow cooker hams with timings etc.

Cook ham christmas eve. We always have some hot for christmas eve dinner. Rest is served cold. No one will notice or care

Slow cooker with bottle of coke! Plug it in and forget about it 😊

We do our ham on the 23rd or 24th. We don’t reheat, just serve it cold. But you could easily do so if you wanted to.

I get a 1.5 kilo ham and cook it on xmas eve morning and we have some for dinner with crackers, cheese and pickle etc

Then reheat the right amount for whoever wants some for xmas lunch. In foil as pp said. Not for too long though, a few minutes is enough while everything else is being plated up.

There's usually enough left for sandwiches and pea and ham soup on boxing day.

I'm salivating thinking about it now!

Will add my ham recipe. I cook mine christmas eve, bring to the boil in a pan then drain and into the oven for allotted time at 160C - last half hour up to 220oC and trim fat and cover in mustard and brown sugar. I slice and reheat in tinfoil on christmas day - doesnt need too long.

Ham is terrific in the slow cooker. Check with your butcher in case you need to soak it.