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Christmas ham help please!

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Dottydoodoo · 14/12/2024 20:17

Please could someone help me with my question about gammon/ham?!

I am planning to cook a gammon joint in the slow cooker on Christmas Eve, to go with our turkey on Christmas Day. I have found a recipe for the slow cooker gammon on the bbc site.

My question is how do I heat the gammon slices up the following day to go with the meal? I don't want to give us all food poisoning!
I am unable to cook the gammon on Christmas Day - our kitchen is small and we only have a standard sized oven and I just don't think I can do it alongside everything else.
Thank you Xmas Smile

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Lobstercrisps · 14/12/2024 20:22

We serve our ham cold with the main meal. Or you could microwave it?

Yougetmoreofwhatyoufocuson · 14/12/2024 20:24

Do they really need to be warmed though? If the plates are warm and there’s loads of other hot food and hot gravy, I wouldn’t bother warming the ham.
I’m assuming you don’t have a microwave? We got one last Christmas just to warm things as it took so long for the dishes to go round the table, the server (me) always got a plate of cold food.

Sunshineandrainbow · 14/12/2024 20:28

Could the slow cooker be plugged in elsewhere?

Sunshineandrainbow · 14/12/2024 20:29

Could the slow cooker be plugged in elsewhere?

TeenToTwenties · 14/12/2024 20:29

We boil our ham a day early.
Then heat slices in the microwave.

Dottydoodoo · 14/12/2024 20:47

Ooh, yes I do have a microwave!
How long would I do it for?

Thank you all for the suggestions. I did wonder if I could just serve it cold to be warmed by the heat of the gravy and other food but I don't know if my dad will approve! 🙈

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OfMiceandWomen · 14/12/2024 22:31

We cooked our ham on Christmas Eve and then wrap it in tin foil and warm it up in the oven on Christmas Day

Tumbleweed101 · 14/12/2024 22:37

We usually have ours cold. I cook it on xmas eve ready for nibbles in the evening and on boxing day.

ChristmasLightsLover · 14/12/2024 22:37

We heat the sauce/juice from the cooked ham and have the ham itself cold. It is lush.

Proper branded Coca Cola.
No low sugar stuff.
A disposable silver tray for the ham, sugar and honey. We love it. It's a Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day highlight!

ChristmasLightsLover · 14/12/2024 22:37

And it's not really cold either. Room temperature....

Helpagirlout222 · 14/12/2024 22:38

One of the things that has really helped me as an inexperienced Xmas dinner chef with a crap cooker is just getting the meat cooked early and putting it to one side. As long as plates, gravy and veg are warm, it's all good. I cook the ham 1st thing, the turkey after that, then get on with all the veggies.
Don't know if that's great advice but it works for me!

Sunshineandrainbow · 15/12/2024 19:52

I need to do ham in rolls this week for a lunch.
Thinking of doing it in slow cooker with coke over night at home

Can I then wrap in tin foil with some of the juice and heat in the oven on low. Foil to keep it moist?

Is slow cooker OK or is saucepan better?

TwigTheWonderKid · 15/12/2024 19:57

If it's being cooked in a slow cooker I'd there any reason why the slow cooker needs to be in the kitchen? If you used an extension lead and chucked it outside or put it in a bedroom, you could do it on Xmas day so it is ready with turkey?

Dottydoodoo · 15/12/2024 23:26

The slow cooker recipe I plan to use says to put the gammon in the oven for 30 minutes with a honey glaze to finish it off, which is why I cannot do it on Christmas Day as there will not be enough space in the oven or on the worktops. My kitchen is small and not the best layout.

Thank you everyone for the suggestions. I think I will just serve the ham cold and let the heat of the other food and the gravy work its magic!

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