Gammon & Coke

Marmite27

kittycat204 wrote: »

I have and it was lovely.

me too, and mine was also lovely. SiL asked for the recipe and was quite astounded when I said I slung the gammon in the slow cooker, poured a can of coke over it, left it on high for 2 hours, turned it and left it for two more.

She was convinced there was more to it than that

SailorSam

I've been into Asda and got gammon this morning 'cos they were on offer, so there's 2 in the slowcooker now. I never thought about putting Coke in.

zippychick

yes ive made it in the slow cooker - once. !

Wasn't really for me.

I've merged this with our gammon and coke thread

This link may also help using up the stock

Zip

Fruball

zippychick wrote: »

yes ive made it in the slow cooker - once. !

Wasn't really for me.

I've merged this with our gammon and coke thread

This link may also help using up the stock

Zip

I'm glad i'm not the only one who doesn't like gammon in coke!

mollsnan

How long should I cook these in coke in slow cooker for - getting really confused now trying to calculate times. Need to be ready for 5 pm today. Would 6 hrs on low do it? Don't want to poison anyone!

ragz_2

I would put them now in on high covered with boiling water, leave on high for a few hours then maybe turn down. It will take a while to get the middles up to temperature... better overcook than under.

Sorry, I see you mentioned coke, in which case I would heat the coke up first. In microwave or a pan?

krlyr

A comment on this recipe says low for 8 hours
http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/ham-in-coca-cola-171

8 hours here too
http://imcountingufoz.com/blog/slow-cooked-gammon-in-coca-cola-580

Though this one says low for 5 hours
http://daisydayz.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-cook-a-ham-Baked-Ham-in-Coke

I would maybe do high for an hour and then low for the rest - so it heats up and cooks through but then gets a chance to get tender with the low, slow cooking

pigpen

I always do 2 at once as 1 isn't enough to feed everyone.. I throw them in about 12ish and serve them up about 4:30/5ish and they have always been nicely cooked I don't have them touching in the SC though and I don't add anything else to it.. just the gammon.

so 6 hours would do it though I'd check them an hour before to make sure they aren't drying.

pollyanna24

I'm gona try the whole pork in coca cola in a slow cooker on Monday, just to see if it really is as good as people make out.

But.... what kind of pork exactly do I have to get? As in what does it say on the packet? I have no clue what joint I'm supposed to get, I'm guessing it's one with no bones in?

I know pork usually comes with strings tying it together, do I take these strings off before or after cooking?

krlyr

I know lots of people use a gammon joint for it, but any other big joint would do I imagine. If you're slow cooking, it's a good opportunity to use a cheaper joint - with the long cooking time and the cola tenderising the meal, it's probably not worth the expense of getting a better joint. Lots of the recipes online that don't use gammon seem to use shoulder joints, if that helps.