Aldi Serrano ham -HELP!

retiredlady

I bought one of those boxed hams at Aldi's for Christmas. I was thinking how nice it would be to have 6.5 kilo of delicious ham available whenever anyone fancied a bit. Also was going to be New Years Eve buffet centre.
Problem is it is so tough it is inedible. It says to slice as thinly as possible but even that is almost impossible, and still tough as old boots:mad:
It cos t £34.50 and we just don't know what to do with it. Any ideas? Will need a power saw to cut it up as it's almost a metre long!

iris

Take it back for a refund - hopefully you still have the receipt?

suki1964

Cured hams I find to be chewy

When I worked in a deli we were taught how to cut hams and it is a bit of an art form. You need to cut it so you can see the blade of the knife through the slice, it really needs to be that thin

There's a good video on YouTube that shows the technique on how to cut it

System

iris wrote: »

Take it back for a refund - hopefully you still have the receipt?

There's nothing wrong with it, that's what Serrano ham is like. It just needs to be sliced off very, very thinly

Feral_Moon

As has been said, it needs to be sliced wafer thin so is almost transparent. You need an extremely sharp fillet knife for best results.

room512

There's a nice Mary Berry pasta dish that uses parma ham (says Serrano ham can be used instead). We had it on Christmas Eve and then made it again a couple of nights ago as it was so nice. It uses a lot of ham, so the second time we made it we halved the amount of ham and instead of having the raw ham in it we just had the fried crispy ham on top.

Big_Graeme

Feral_Moon wrote: »

As has been said, it needs to be sliced wafer thin so is almost transparent. You need an extremely sharp fillet knife for best results.

Take a fillet knife to any of my ham and I'll cut ya fingers off.

You need a long sharp carving knife with a thin blade.

camelot1001

Maybe use some to wrap pieces of chicken in?

globalds

would it cook like bacon ?

katkin

Could you use it like cubed Pancetta in dishes like carbonara, fritatta, quiches, risottos etc?

retiredlady

Feral_Moon wrote: »

As has been said, it needs to be sliced wafer thin so is almost transparent. You need an extremely sharp fillet knife for best results.

It came with a knife and we have tried. Just can not slice it thin enough. To be honest it's hard to slice any thickness. I wonder if I could borrow a friends electric knife? Or maybe a power saw:rotfl: