Corned Ham Recipes

SWEDISH CORNED PORK ROAST

Steps:

• In a large stainless steel pot or pickling crock, mix the water, pickling salt, and saltpeter together until dissolved. Untie the pork roast and place in the pickling solution. Place a heavy plate on top of the pork so that it will remain submerged.
• Cover and refrigerate for 10 days. Check occasionally to be sure the pork is covered by the liquid.
• After 10 days, remove the pork and retie it into a roast. Rinse well with fresh water. Place the roast in a large cooking pot, cover with cold water, and add the remaining ingredients: bay leaves, peppercorns and whole allspice.
• Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer 2 hours 15 minutes.
• Slice the pork and place on large platter.
• Serve with Sweet and Hot Mustard.

CORNED HAM RECIPE

Steps:

• Rinse ham well under cold running water.
• Pat dry with paper towels.
• Trim away excess fat and skin pieces.
• Cut incisions next to the three bones. About 3 inches wide, as deep as your knife will go.
• Pack incisions with kosher salt, pressing it in deep, packing until full.
• Place salted ham in a non-reactive pan. Glass or stainless steel is preferred.
• Cover with clear plastic wrap.
• Cover again with aluminum foil.
• Refrigerate for 11 days, turning about every four days and draining away any liquids in pan.
• On day 12, remove from refrigerator.
• Rinse off all the salt, making sure to rinse away the salt inside the three pocket areas.
• Place ham in large container, cover ham with water, let soak overnight in the refrigerator.
• Remove from water, rinse again.

CORNED BEEF AND HAM HASH

Steps:

• Pierce potatoes with a fork and microwave on high until tender, about 5 minutes. Remove from the microwave and chop when cool enough to handle.
• Heat butter and olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Add chopped potatoes, cover, and cook for 5 minutes. Stir in corned beef and ham and season with salt and pepper. Cook until potatoes are crispy on the bottom, about 5 more minutes.
• While the potatoes are cooking, crack eggs into a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Cook until outer edges become opaque, about 1 minute. Cover, reduce heat to low, and cook until whites are completely set, about 4 minutes.
• Plate the potato mixture and place fried eggs on top.

MIRIAM REICHL'S CORNED BEEF HAM

Steps:

• Cover corned beef with water in a large pot. Add bay leaves and onion. Cook over medium heat about 3 hours, until meat is very tender.
• While meat is cooking, mix mustard and brown sugar. Preheat oven to 325°.
• Take meat from water and remove all visible fat. Insert cloves into meat as if it were ham. Cover the meat with the mustard mixture and bake 1 hour, basting frequently with the peach syrup.
• Surround meat with spiced peaches and serve.

BAKED CORNED BEEF RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Remove corned beef from packaging, rinse and pat dry.
• Place corned beef fat side up, in oven proof 5-8 quart pot, I used my Dutch Oven.
• Pour beer over the top, adding enough cold water if needed to bring about ⅔ way up on the beef. Toss in peppercorns (or spice packet) and add leeks and carrots if desired. You may add carrots with the potatoes later for a less mushy carrot. DO NOT BE TEMPTED TO ADD SALT, the corned beef is plenty salty and the liquids will impart that saltiness to your veggies!
• Cover and cook for 4 hours in the oven. Remove corned beef to a baking dish, set aside.
• Place carrots and potatoes into the pot with beer and juices from corned beef; return the covered pot to the oven and cook for 45 minutes or so, until veggies are tender. Once tender, or close to it add cabbage if desired. Or roast cabbage separately. You can also do this portion on the stovetop if you don't have enough oven space, just place a covered pot on the stovetop, over low simmer.
• Meanwhile, make the bourbon glaze.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. In a small saucepan, mix all glaze ingredients with whisk, bringing mixture to a slow simmer, keep the flame low and stir occasionally simmering until reduced, thickened and glossy, about 10-15 minutes. Pour glaze over corned beef, brushing sides with glaze.
• Return to the oven, roasting for 30 minutes, basting every 10 minutes with glaze. Remove and tent with foil for 10-15 minutes to allow meat to rest before slicing.
• When ready to slice, slice against the grain into desired slices. Serve with a drizzle of glaze, carrots, potatoes and cabbage. Delicious with Irish Soda Bread.
• How to Roast Cabbage
• Preheat the oven 450 degrees, for easier cleanup, line a baking sheet with foil. Brush both sides of cabbage with browned butter (or olive oil) and season with salt and pepper. Roast 10 minutes until starting to brown, then carefully turn and roast additional 10-15 minutes until cooked through.
• To brown butter, simply heat butter in a small pan over medium-low heat, swirl until it foams up and gets quiet, then keep swirling pan occasionally until brown flecks start to form in the middle. Butter is ready when it smells nutty.