Cooking A Gammon Joint in the Slow Cooker

lil_me

Gave up buying one today as they were arguing over meat in Tescos, but will try at farm shop tomorrow if he has any spare, just the thought is making me hungry!

judi24

I have just come on to ask about ham in the slow cooker. Thanks for the tips. Mine is 2.5 kilo's any idea how long i should cook it?

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Pondasher wrote:

I tried gammon in coke after finding the recipe elsewhere on this site. Just add a can of ordinary cola (not diet) and cook for several hours, depending on the size of the gammon. I used a cheaper supermarket own brand. It was delicious and will certainly do it again!

Any ideas as to why not diet, as it's the only coke I have in the house

lil_me

No sugar in it. Nigellas recipe http://www.nigella.com/recipes/recipe.asp?article=149

Think I will try with apple juice, I have loads of apples & a juicer

steve_r123

pinksleepybear wrote:

I've got a 5.5kg monster (I'm going to freeze half after it's cooked, for yummy sarnies in the New Year), and I was planning to cook it in cola. Could anyone give me a guideline on how long to cook it? I was thinking 6-7 hours on low?

Cor blimey, thats massive!:eek: I'd guess at maybe a bit longer, or instead do 4 ish hours on low, then 3 or so on high.........:cool:

Pondasher

Lil-me is correct. It has to have sugar in it. The same effect as honey-coating or covering a gammon with with sugar before roasting it.

Carrie.F

ladygrey wrote:

If I cooked my gammon in coke
would the stock be any use for anything?

Just searching for gammon ideas, Nigella says...

BLACKBEAN SOUP
Ingredients
150g/5oz chorizo cooking sausage
2 spring onions
½ tsp ground cumin
425g/15oz tin black beans, rinsed and drained
1 fresh tomato, roughly chopped
500ml/17fl oz YOUR GAMMON STOCK
1 lime, juice only
2-4 tbsp chopped, fresh coriander


Method
1. Slice the chorizo sausage into slices about the size of one-pound coins. Slice each of the chorizo discs in half.
2. Place the chorizo pieces into a large saucepan over a medium heat and cook over a medium heat for five minutes, or until they start to become crisp. Remove the chorizo with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper.
3. Slice off the green parts of the spring onions and finely slice them. Set the green parts of the spring onions aside.
4. Finely slice the white part of the spring onions and add the pieces to the frying pan the chorizo was cooked in. Add the ground cumin to the pan, and cook over a gentle heat for two minutes, stirring the mixture.
5. Add the black beans, tomato and the chicken stock. Stir the mixture in the pan and simmer for ten minutes.
6. To serve, ladle the soup into two clean bowls. Add the chorizo pieces and the finely chopped green spring onion to the bowls. Add some lime juice, to taste, to each bowl and sprinkle the chopped coriander on top.

Lara

Well I've had my cooking on low in full coke for nine hours now and just turned it off. I added an onion as Nigella said in her receipe. Looks okay dso fingers crossed!;)

vivaladiva

Thank heavens for you all and this thread. It's Christmas day and my oven's just gone splut at Turkey minus 15mins (so I guess it could have been worse). Just had to nuke it for a few mins but I've got a large gammon to cook for tomorrow.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE:santa2:

Gaia

I cooked my gammon in cider, ginger, a touch of mustard, a touch of honey and some cloves. Mmmmmmmmmm!

Hope you all had a great Xmas!