How to Cook Tasty Ham in coke

Ham in coke. I bought a butt shank ham and cut most all of the fat off. Put ham in a pan, add onion and pour over the Coke. When ham is cooked, take it out of pan and let cool.

This coca cola ham is a spiral cut ham coated in a coke and brown sugar glaze, then baked to perfection. A unique way to do ham that's great for Easter, Christmas or for any meal where you're looking to feed a crowd. I'm using a fully cooked, bone in, butt ham portion for this particular recipe. You can have Ham in coke using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Ham in coke

1. You need 2 kg of gammon, mild cure.
2. Prepare 1 of onion, peeled and halved.
3. It's 2 litres of cola.
4. It's of [For the glaze].
5. It's 1 handful of Cloves.
6. It's 1 tbsp of golden syrup.
7. Prepare 2 tsp of English mustard powder.
8. You need 2 tbsp of demerara sugar.

You could use a whole ham or a ham shank as well. Remove the ham from the oven and pour the cola, grape juice and juice from the pineapple into the pan. Baste the ham with the mixture and return it to the oven. Many people have been talking about this recipe.

Ham in coke step by step

1. Put the gammon in a pan, skin side down if it fits like, add the onion then pour over the cola..
2. Bring to the boil, reduce to a good simmer, put the lid on, though not tightly, and cook for 1 hour a kilo. If gammon is straight from fridge add 15mins to cooking time..
3. Preheat oven to 240°C/gas 9.
4. Take the ham out of the pan and let the ham cool a little for ease of handling. (You can let it cool completely then finish off the cooking at some later stage if you want)..
5. Remove skin, leaving a thin layer of fat. Score the fat with a sharp knife to make fairly large diamond shapes, and stud each diamond with a clove. Then carefully spread the golden syrup over the fat. Then gently pat the mustard and sugar onto the sticky fat..
6. Cook for approximately 10 minutes or till the glaze is dark and bubbly. If you left the ham after the simmering, cook for 30-40 minutes at 180°C instead.

The idea of cooking ham, or any other meat, in a bottle of Coke was almost an urban legend—until people actually started doing it! The Coke makes the meat so tender that it literally falls apart. The addition of the sweet fizzy drink brings out the flavour of the ham joint. Lift the ham into a roasting tin, then cut away the skin leaving behind an even layer of fat. Score the fat all over in a criss-cross pattern.

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