Gammon & Coke

DianneB

Hi I have just used the left over hammy cokey stock to make soup I added veg and left it in the slow cooker on medium all day - IT WAS THE WORST THING I HAVE EVER TASTED!!! Even the smell of it in the kitchen is making me feel sick and I only had a small spoon ful!!!

ampersand

Greenbynature wrote: »

Hi ampersand I've bought a gammon "joint" from Mr T as well but am using mine for boxing day. Thanks for the warning that it falls to bits :mad: Did you tie it before you started cooking or once it had started breaking up? thanks

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Beforehand, gbn, - no option as it was more or less in 3 as the packing was removed, although I can see it did belong together.
It's still in the slowcooker - I'll just go and have a peep.........liquor tastes good(think I'd want to reduce it before using it again), meat seems v. tender and in one piece.
Just as a guide, this has now been on for almost 12 hours and was brought out from fridge for 30 mins or so before it went on - weight 1.2kg.

ampersand

DianneB wrote: »

Hi I have just used the left over hammy cokey stock to make soup I added veg and left it in the slow cooker on medium all day - IT WAS THE WORST THING I HAVE EVER TASTED!!! Even the smell of it in the kitchen is making me feel sick and I only had a small spoon ful!!!

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How disappointing for you. My first questions would be Which vegs?, Did you m/w them first? and I'd reduce the stock first.
Is there no saving it?
I'd have used celery, leeks, sth onion'y, maybe pulses and I'd use the pressure cooker rather than the slow cooker.

billieboy_2

DianneB wrote: »

Hi I have just used the left over hammy cokey stock to make soup I added veg and left it in the slow cooker on medium all day - IT WAS THE WORST THING I HAVE EVER TASTED!!! Even the smell of it in the kitchen is making me feel sick and I only had a small spoon ful!!!

Thanks for the warning - I put my leftover stock in the freezer this morning to use at sometime in the future. I might just chuck it now if it's that bad, plus it's taking up valuable freezer space:rotfl: :rotfl: .

ampersand

billieboy wrote: »

Thanks for the warning - I put my leftover stock in the freezer this morning to use at sometime in the future. I might just chuck it now if it's that bad, plus it's taking up valuable freezer space:rotfl: :rotfl: .

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I've left mine to reduce o/n in slow cooker with lid off; it's tasting good - down to half this morning.

toozie_2

Hi

Some help please!

I have a gammon nearly cooked in my SC as we speak, then I'll finish off in the oven etc.

It's cooking in cherry coke (Nigella-I think??) My question is, what would a pea and ham soup taste like with the cooked coke as a base?

Or is there something else I could do with it, although a soup would be good for us now.

Thank you all in advance and a Merry Christmas to everyone.

toozie
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Paulie'sGirl

Hi Toozie,

I wouldn't have thought that it would be that great for soup, but you can give it a try?

Nigella uses the left-over juices to cook red cabbage in to serve with the gammon, I think that would be lovely (its what I'm doing for new year)

Hope that helps

PGxx

DianneB

ampersand wrote: »

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How disappointing for you. My first questions would be Which vegs?, Did you m/w them first? and I'd reduce the stock first.
Is there no saving it?
I'd have used celery, leeks, sth onion'y, maybe pulses and I'd use the pressure cooker rather than the slow cooker.

Hi, thanks for the info, didn't reduce it first, the thought of that concentrated isn't a pleasant one!! it was just soooooo sweet, I added celery, leeks and carrot, all pretty harmless, I thought it would be delicious!!!

tiff

How did yours turn out Dave? I'm cooking this today for 4 of us with a 1.8kg joint in the slow cooker. Also making Nigellas sweecorn pudding.

fletch3163

I too am having gammon in cola for tea today. I'm so proud of myself, it looks lovely. Granted, I haven't used cloves (remind me too much of the dentist) but I've had a taste and it's fab. I used treacle, dijon mustart and sprinked with demerara sugar for 10 mins in oven.

Happy New Year everyone