Slow Cooked ham for too long, how to rescue it?

sunset_gold

Katiehound wrote: »

I'm thinking it could have an apple or cider sauce to make it less dry. Pour over before bagging and freezing......
or maybe an orange / marmelade sauce?
Then serve with baby potatoes and green veg.

Ham and leek pancakes with cheesy sauce- oven baked like canellonni

Katiehound, these sound so much better than gravy or beans, thanks, I’ll give them a try and I hadn’t thought about freezing the packs with sauce in the bag doh!

Mistral001

Make a chicken and ham risotto. Chop up ham into small cubes and add it to can of cream of chicken soup in a saucepan along with lightly fried onions (not quite transparent) or spring onions. Bring to the boil. Mix up a little flour and cold water in a cup and stir it in to the chicken soup and ham to thicken it. Bring again to the boil and simmer for another 20 minutes. Serve with boiled rice.

DigForVictory

Chop & stirfry with a heap of fresh veggies.

Add to macaroni cheese to persuade the absolutely not vegetarian that the dish *is* worth the effort. (My version starts with a roux, grows into white sauce, is then doused with cheese etc and had I the ham available, I'd have far more cooperative chaps at the dinner table.)

Round up sundry green veg, twin by weight with peas, cook & blitz then add spoonable chunks of ham & serve as pea & ham soup chuckling at the extra veg you are sliding past unsuspecting palates. (Do conceal all the contrary evidence carefully though.)

Get the sandwich size ziplock bags, chop the ham into batons, chunks, credible pieces, divide amongst the bags, add a slosh of unsweetened apple juice or cider and freeze. Deploy bags as imagination suggests new & cunning uses.

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chop some up buy a packet of dried green peas from the supermarket and follow the instructions for pea and ham soup delicious with croutons on a frosty day to warm your innards up

sunset_gold

Mistral001 wrote: »

Make a chicken and ham risotto. Chop up ham into small cubes and add it to can of cream of chicken soup in a saucepan along with lightly fried onions (not quite transparent) or spring onions. Bring to the boil. Mix up a little flour and cold water in a cup and stir it in to the chicken soup and ham to thicken it. Bring again to the boil and simmer for another 20 minutes. Serve with boiled rice.

Thanks Mistral, defo one to try, especially on a cold evening.

sunset_gold

JackieO wrote: »

chop some up buy a packet of dried green peas from the supermarket and follow the instructions for pea and ham soup delicious with croutons on a frosty day to warm your innards up

Never heard of dried green peas JackieO, will have to venture into the realms of dried veg, exciting, thanks for the tip.

sunset_gold

DigForVictory wrote: »

Chop & stirfry with a heap of fresh veggies.

Add to macaroni cheese to persuade the absolutely not vegetarian that the dish *is* worth the effort. (My version starts with a roux, grows into white sauce, is then doused with cheese etc and had I the ham available, I'd have far more cooperative chaps at the dinner table.)

Round up sundry green veg, twin by weight with peas, cook & blitz then add spoonable chunks of ham & serve as pea & ham soup chuckling at the extra veg you are sliding past unsuspecting palates. (Do conceal all the contrary evidence carefully though.)

Get the sandwich size ziplock bags, chop the ham into batons, chunks, credible pieces, divide amongst the bags, add a slosh of unsweetened apple juice or cider and freeze. Deploy bags as imagination suggests new & cunning uses.

Wow! What imagination! Thanks DigForVictory, these cunning ideas will keep me going all winter, will make a start in the morning.

purpleybat

sunset_gold wrote: »

Never heard of dried green peas JackieO, will have to venture into the realms of dried veg, exciting, thanks for the tip.

i've never found dried green peas in the supermarket
i use normal yellow ones, sometimes adding a handful of frozen peas for sweetness.
a few crispy fried onions on the top and some crusty bread for dipping... yum!