Ham Joint

[Doris_Pinks]

Was heading to its sell by date yesterday so I boiled it.

Now am totally uninspired as to what to do with it for dinner tonight.

Usually do ham and scalloped potatoes but bit too fattening and I just don't fancy it.........................OH will not eat it cold in a salad, he is a real Meat n potato man, especially at this time of the year :-\
any ideas?

[Doris_Pinks]

[tim]

Joint? Too big to finish tonight? So - cut some up & freeze. Then -

Savoury rice.
Ham Cakes.
Ham a la King.
Ham Soufflé
Ham Loaf.

Even slice & sear quickly?

[supersprout]

Fried spuds, onions, and ham cubes all done in a fatty pan?
That's what I fancy - right now! :P
Could even make it like an all day breakfast/frittata by binding with egg!
How would that do the meat n tatties man dp? ;)

[cambourne7]

strange question but did you save the water you boiled the ham in?

[tim]

For pea soup?

[euronerd]

That's a coincidence; I had a similar problem last week. A layer of sliced potatoes went into a large shallow baking dish, then a layer of onions with a layer of veg on top of that. I used a leek and some carrots because that's what I had. A quick sauce made from cornflour, water and wine with honey and mixed spice (the sort they add to cakes) added was poured over and the whole lot shoved in the oven, covered. I added the sliced meat on top for about the last 15 minutes just to warm through, basting with the sauce. I can be more specific if you're interested. I daresay you could use some of the bacon water in the sauce but it often tends to be salty, depending on the cure of the meat.
Cambourne, I sometimes save my bacon water but it's not as versatile as, say, the water from a roll of brisket or chicken bits. If I haven't found a use for it in two or three days, it gets reluctantly poured away. :'(

Geoff.

[cambourne7]

HI

Tradionaly in Irish cooking we cook the ham by boiling it, then we add the cabbage to the ham water as it imparts natual salts and this soften and flavours the cabbage. This served with mash and a white sauce with raw onion and finly chopped cooked carrot ( and some more carrot as a veg ) is the best meal you can possibly have - Mana of the Gods !!

If you have thrown the ham water away then you still have quite a few options

- Pasta Carabonara
- Breakfast Pie ( fry up some sausages, onion add the ham cubed or thinly sliced and add qtr'ed tomatoes and one can of beans for every 2 people and then pop inside a puff pastry pie base/top and bake serve with chips - yum yum
- Main Meal Sandwiches - Thinly sliced him served with chicken and avacado toasted yum yum
- You can get some marmalade and add some cider and then get you ham and sit it on some sliced apple and then pour the marmalade cider glaze over the top and bake at high heat for 30 min and then fight the kids for it.

[greyhound]

I agree that bacon and cabbage with onion sauce is mmmm.

Tradionaly in Irish cooking

Glad you said that, as I was once about to cook this at home when I had some unwanted assistance from an Irish visitor.  She put the bacon joint in the pan with cold water (so far so good - I always throw away the water once it has boiled and then start again with fresh water) then, to my horror, she put the prepared cabbage into the cold water with the intention of cooking it as long as the meat!!! instead of plunging it in at the end while the joint is resting!  Ewwww.

DP - how about warming up some slices for OH and serving with a hot potato salad and some chutney?  Best of both worlds ...

[tim]

Shouldn't add this here, but Cabbage is 'supposed' to be cooked very briefly or very long.

[greyhound]

Yes, well.  I had previously had the dubious pleasure of this woman's cuisine.  Dried-up meat accompanied by a grey sludge, barely warm and served on cold plates.  Go figure.

[cambourne7]

Glad you said that, as I was once about to cook this at home when I had some unwanted assistance from an Irish visitor.  She put the bacon joint in the pan with cold water (so far so good - I always throw away the water once it has boiled and then start again with fresh water) then, to my horror, she put the prepared cabbage into the cold water with the intention of cooking it as long as the meat!!! instead of plunging it in at the end while the joint is resting!  Ewwww.

yuck - must not like cabbage then boils it into mush to hide the flavour eak¬!

[Blue Bird]

I have used up ham in a delicious Chicken & ham pie

diced cooked chicken in a creamy sauce (could cheat with condensed cambles chicken soup) and your diced ham covered with a light puff pastry or suet pastry oven baked

loverely with boiled buttered potatoes and cabbage ummmm!

[Tulipa]

Ummmm that sounds nice!

Another suggestion is to make an white or onion sauce, add cubed ham, just cooked veg and place in the bottom of a large disn and top with mashed potato, and bake in the oven, bit like a fish pie really.

Or, a favourite in my family is to use the mixture to stuff pancakes, with mushrooms instead of ham for veggies.  We always have this at new year, they won't let me not make it!

Or the sauce mixture served with rice as a sort of ham supreme

These can all be done with cooked chicken too.

I am so hungry now, and OH not home yet so haven't eaten... :(

[Doris_Pinks]

Thanks all for your replies, they all sound lovely, and as I have some leftover, I shall either have it tonight, as a potato bakey thingy, or freeze it and re-read your suggestions!

The solution kind of sorted itself out.

I had a whole day (BLISS) on the plot, not having visited since November, had no idea what if anything was up there, and what did I see, leeks! ;D

So Leek and Ham pie started forming in the brain. ::)

Then got home, raided the fridge and found leftover cooked chicken from Sunday roast (Kids had put it away and I thought it had all gone)some cream, celery, carrot and a pack of shortcrust......................
et voila...........





(ahem, over cooked the pastry a bit whilst concentrating on watching Watchdog :-[)

Served it with leftover smashed garlic potatoes which I threw in the oven and roasted veges.

They scoffed the lot!! :o :o :o

and the ham cooking water..................



all simmering away as I type for Pea n Ham soup for lunch, smells good too! ;D