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  • La-Cara
    La-Cara Posts: 915 Forumite
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    I always use it for vegetable soup
  • Trinny
    Trinny Posts: 625 Forumite
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    Hello All

    Cant find any threads on this one.

    I just cooked a gammon in my new SC. I now have stock left over.

    1. Can i freeze the stock?
    2. Can i use the stock ( its not too salty) in other recipes? and if so
    which recipes do you recommend?

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  • CCP
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    I asked the same question a few months ago (I can't remember where, unfortunately, or I'd link to it :o), so I know the answers are:

    1) Yes, you can freeze it - stock freezes very well.

    2) You can use gammon stock for all sorts of things but imo it goes best with pulses - I've made a couple of nice batches of lentil soup with ham stock, and also used some in a bean stew, which was also very tasty.

    HTH. :)
  • Sunnyday
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    Hi Trinny,

    yes the stock can be frozen, my fave recipe for using it is lentil & bacon soup. Makes it really rich and nice.

    HTH

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  • newleaf
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    Pea & Ham soup - yum!
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  • Pink.
    Pink. Posts: 17,675 Forumite
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    Hi Trtinny,

    Gammon stock freezes well. I use it mainly for making lentil soup. There's an earlier thread that should help with other uses:

    Gammon stock

    I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the suggestions together.

    Pink
  • Eenymeeny
    Eenymeeny Posts: 2,015 Forumite
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    Sorry to be thick but a lot of posts suggest adding a whole potato to absorb the salt when making soup from gammon stock...do you throw the potato out, or leave it in the soup? :o(Imagining a very salty potato...:eek:)
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  • zippychick
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    Not thick at all EM - I would throw it out - as it's used purely to take the excess salt away :) x
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  • Eenymeeny
    Eenymeeny Posts: 2,015 Forumite
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    Thanks Zippychick, I thought so but then know how resistant we all are to throwing food out...:eek: :rotfl:I think that I can spare ONE potato:T
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  • zippychick
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    He he he, make an exception just in this case!
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