How many of us are cooking ham in coca cola for Christmas then?

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Just done mine. God it looks gooood And once again I wonder why I only seem to do this once a year.

I boiled red cabbage in the left over stock last year and it was nice.

This year I did the gingerglazed ham which was gorgeous too- difficult to say which I preferred - cherry coke or ginger ale - both were so yummy!

I did mine in cranberry juice which was also Nigella and also yummy! Left a bit too much fat on the ham for the glaze though.

I think I left too much fat on as well.

I love red cabbage so think I might try doing that AuntieMaggie. Thanks for the suggestion

It was delish and I'm not usually a fan, especially of cloves.

Oh by the way don't remove all the fat after it's been boiled/simmered in coke (has to be full fat coke): peel off the outer skin to leave a thin layer of fat, score in a diamond pattern ready for the cloves and glaze.

Yep i wondered about the leftover coke which in the recipe said not to throw away - I wondered if it was for suggested partner dish, the sweetcorn something or other?

I did mine in Cherry Coke with cherry and red wine vinegar glaze. IS FABULOUS, WILL BE MAKING IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR!

I did mine in regular coke in the slow cooker for 4 hours and then just put it in oven on high for 20 minutes to give the outside a little crispiness. It was absolutely delicious.

BUT, can anyone with a slowcooker advise me? how do I stop it falling apart into stringy sections when it comes out of the slowcooker? I had this problem when I made beef stew with a whole joint of beef too. It was lvoely and tender but carved into long thin strongs rather than decent slices.

honeypuck I think that is is falling apart into stringy sections perhaps because you've cooked it a bit too long? I can't advise re: slowcooker because I don't have one but I cooked my 4.7kg joint (with small knuckle type bone in) for just about 5 hours and when I lifted it out of the saucepan the bone just FELL OUT - literally without me having to touch it at all. So I think mine was slightly overcooked too (and some of the outer pieces were 'stringy'. But it was still absolutely delicious. I think next time I'd get the same size joint but maybe cook it for 15-20 mins less. (I also then put it in the oven on a high heat to do the glaze for about 10 mins).
Heated Am sure Nigella recommends keeping the coke 'stock' and using it for making a black bean soup (from memory) although I've never tried the recipe as I just thought 'yuck!'. I've also made the sweetcorn pudding she recommends to go with it but wasn't keen on that either. This time I made the chilli jam, roast potatoes, the fully loaded pototo skins (yum) and served it with lots of pickled onions, gerkins and other pickled stuff. Went down a storm with the in-laws! Delish.

thanks delightedoldbag - I'll reduce the time a little and see what occurs

thanks DOB34, am off to investigate loaded potato skins now!

I did it on xmas eve but missed this post

was yummy and id def do it again

Hi can anyone help...when doing this receipe in the slow cooker is the ham completely covered?