To Bake a Ham

Ingredients

• a ham (particularly a young and fresh one)
• an oiled paper
• a thick cover of coarse paste

Method

1. 1

   Soak the ham in cold water overnight.

2. 2

   The next day, soak it in warm water for an hour, wash it clean, and trim off rusty parts.

3. 3

   Place it rind down in a pie-dish, cover with oiled paper, and seal with coarse paste.

4. 4

   Bake in a moderate oven for 3 to 5 hours depending on size.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Modern cookery, in all its branches (1884) by Eliza Acton, page 243. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TO BAKE A HAW. Unless when too salt from not being sufficiently soaked, a ham (particularly a young and fresh one) eats much better baked than boiled, and remains longer good. The safer plan to ensure its being sufficiently steeped, is to lay it into plenty of cold water over night. The following day soak it for an hour or more in warm w'ater, wash it delicately clean, trim smoothly off all rusty parts, and lay it with the rind downwards into a large common pie-dish ; press an oiled paper closely over it, and then fasten securely to the edge of the dish a thick cover of coarse paste

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