Ham in Coca Cola
"This comes from Nigella Lawson's book Nigella Bites and was posted in response to a request on the noticeboard. I've never made it, but her recipes rarely fail!"
photo by DianaEatingRichly
- Ready In:
- 3hrs
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 2 kg mild-cure ham
- 1 onion, peeled and cut in half
- 1 (2 liter) bottle Coca-Cola
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for the glaze
- 1 tablespoon black treacle or 1 tablespoon molasses
- 2 teaspoons mustard powder
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
directions
- Put ham in a pan, add onion and pour over the Coke.
- Bring to the boil, reduce to a simmer, put the lid on and cook for around 2 1/2 hours or around one hour per kilo of meat.
- Preheat oven to 240 C degrees.
- When ham is cooked, take it out of pan and let cool.
- Remove skin, leaving a thin layer of fat.
- Use a sharp knife to make large diamond shapes in the fat.
- Put a clove in each diamond and spread treacle over skin.
- Pat mustard and sugar onto the sticky fat.
- Bake in a foil-lined pan for around 10 minutes, or until crispy and bubbly.
Questions & Replies
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Can a smoked spiral ham be used with this recipe? -
What is treacle?
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Is it best to let the cola go flat before you use it ?
Reviews
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I am cooking this tomorrow is it better to let the coke go flat before you use it ?
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Wow is this good! I had a smoked pork shoulder, 5 1/2 pounds. Gave it 3 hours in the pot with the cola. I can't even say how EASY this is to make. It only takes 10 minutes in the oven, how easy is that? But please cover your pan with foil! The juice does get very dark and sticky in the bottom of the pan. But the ham is juicy, tender, and delicious! My husband doesn't want ham cooked any other way now. Thanks Friedel! -
Excellent simple recipe. No excuse for not knowing how to make this delicious recipe. Looks like you added some cloves on top as shown in the picture. Don't forget to pour the pineapple juices over the top as well.
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Ridiculously good! I thought I had mustard powder but couldn't find it so I used some Dijon mustard with the molasses and the ham still crisped up nicely on broil.
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I have cooked ham this way for many years and have used other flavor colas such as root beer and Dr Pepper. They each give a slightly different flavor. The juice and strong coffee makes a wonderful red eye gravy/sauce.
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Tweaks
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This is even better if you add a can of crushed pineapple in the beginning. You can cook it in the slow cooker instead of on the stove if you want, same amount of time on high, or longer on low. BTW, I always preheat my slow cooker, it takes so long to heat up especially if you are putting cold ingredients in it.
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