Gammon & Coke

tiff

Must admit I'm not doing the glaze but it does sound lovely.

carlsberggal

Have a slight problem, I wanted to try the gammon and coke recipe, but have managed to buy smoked gammon!

My question is would it be ok or should I take back to Mr M and get an unsmoked one?

Many thanks in anticipation

1sttimer_2

carlsberggal wrote: »

Have a slight problem, I wanted to try the gammon and coke recipe, but have managed to buy smoked gammon!

My question is would it be ok or should I take back to Mr M and get an unsmoked one?

Many thanks in anticipation

I suppose you could take in back, otherwise, soak in a large pan (cover meat) of cold water overnight and that should take most of the salt out but not sure if it would be enough for a smoked gammon.

I only discovered cooking ham/gammon in coke this Christmas (I used Nigella's recipe) and it was absolutely gorgeous! You have to use NON diet coke, (I just bought basics). I tried it cooked in the slow cooker but much prefered the normal hob method.

Hope that helps.

afterglow_2

i do the nigella version and sometimes use smoked gammon, just soak, and then do half the cooking in water with few veg so you dont wash all flavour away!! to take some of the strong smokiness out then proceed with the coke, the smoky flavour does go well with the sticky glaze at the end.

maryb

soaking helps as above but you could also try putting it in a pan of cold water and bringing it slowly to the boil till the froth rises then pour that away and rinse it and carry on with the recipe. I have never found smoked gammon too salty doing it this way

Agapanthus

This year at Christmas I took a smoked gammon, put it in water and brought it to the boil,drained the water off and then let it soak in fresh cold water overnight. I then drained it again and boiled it in ginger ale (a Nigella suggestion).

It was delicious! I've cooked gammon a lot of times, but this was the best.

morganlefay

We never eat/ I never cook any sort of ham/bacon product that isnt smoked just because we prefer the flavour. I'm sure it doesn't matter, it just tastes that bit different, and all the advice above will sort it for you.

nettles77

as seen it somewhere but not sure where. thanks

Burp_2

'ello

I'm on my summer hols so i'm going to buy a small joint of gammon (only 2 of us!) and attempt to cook it in the slow cooker with coke ... but my question is ...

Does it have to be branded coke or can we use Tesco's own (not the value version mind you - unless someone recommends this!)

also ...

What do you guys throw in with yours? Don't fancy throwing in cloves as I don't want to buy a box just for this!

Cheers :beer:

Burp x

jenster

ive used tescos own as long as its the full fat and not diet variety