Gammon cooked in Cola

[Saleen836]

As title, have been seeing the above mentioned a lot recently and my first thouht was..WTF?
Anyone given it a go?

[hedgefinder]

wife always does, have no idea why...cooking is done near the sink, and I rarely venture there.

[Mr Gearchange]

Yes - it's lovely.

[khevolution]

agreed when i heard about it i thought wtf, but tried it a few years ago, and done it that way ever since

[scottri]

I've done it once. Works well, gotta be full fat coke for the sugar content I think.

Think I prefer doing it in cider though.

[fttm]

Yeap I use regular coke , same with ribs (slow cooker for couple of hrs prior to bbq .

[Champhill]

Done it today for the first time. Have finished cooking the glazed joint in the oven and it is now cooling, smells good.

[Lefty]

Try it with Cherry coke. It's great!

[bsdnazz]

Try full fat ginger beer - yum.

[MagicalTrevor]

Nigella does a really good recipe but recommends Coke

http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/ham-in-coca-co...

[madbadger]

Unnessecarily sweet and ruins a nice ham IMO. Nothing wrong with cooking in water.

[Hyde]

We use Guinness, lovely

[Tango13]

The past few years i've used cider but this year I used Dr Pepper.

[DoubleSix]

It's a regular in my house. Six to eight hours on low part submerged in Coke then honey roasted for an hour to glaze:

Edited by DoubleSix on Tuesday 24th December 22:04

[HarryW]

MagicalTrevor said:

Nigella does a really good recipe but recommends Coke

http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/ham-in-coca-co...

I see what you did there......

[Justin Cyder]

DoubleSix said:

It's a regular in my house. Six to eight hours on low then honey roasted for an hour to glaze:

Stop posting that picture, you torturing fker.

Never done it myself, but the obvious conclusion is the ying & yang of sweet & salty. When Imake pizza sauce, I always add sugar & salt & it works very well.

[MagicalTrevor]

HarryW said:

MagicalTrevor said:

Nigella does a really good recipe but recommends Coke

http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/ham-in-coca-co...

I see what you did there......

[fttm]

madbadger said:

Unnessecarily sweet and ruins a nice ham IMO. Nothing wrong with cooking in water.

Fair point , but cooking anything in water will dilute flavor rather than enhance . Enjoy the hams done in Guiness (anything done in Guiness) but the family are heathens so I use coke , ginger ale , root beer or if I can sneak it in BEER .
Tend to use a lot of red wine in cooking , current favorite is Elk steak on a skewer ,marinaded overnight then on the bbq .

[DocJock]

It's good, but last year tried Nigella's suggestion and cooked it in ginger ale. Lovely.

[sly fox]

It's good with coke, but a few years ago i switched the sweet beverage for Morlands Speckled Hen ale.
2.5-3Kg of meat to 3 litres of beer works well, simmer it slowly for about 3 hours.

After ham is cooked, reduce the cooking stock to about 250 ml, allow ham to cool, then mix maple syrup and the remaining stock , reduce further and use that to baste ham in for last 20-25 minutes in very hot oven.

Here are my instructions from last year- http://thefoodofslyrenard.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/r...