Boneless Ham

BONELESS HAM     

Materials needed:

2 kilos

pork meat (kasim or pigi)      

Injecting solution:
      

1 cup water, ½ cup salt, 1/4 cup sugar (white), 3 tsp. prague powder,

1 tsp.  
     
vetsin, 1 tsp. cal. ham. spice, ½ tablet ascorbic acid      

Curing solution:
     
(cover pickle) 8 cups water, 2 cups salt, ½ cup sugar (brown),
      
2 tbsp. prague powder       

dry curing mixture:

1 cup salt, ½ cup brown sugar, 2 tsp. prague powder 

Procedure:

1. Dissolve salt and sugar in boiling water for injecting solution. Cool then strain through clean cloth. Add vetsin and prague powder. Inject the solution into different
parts of the meat.

2. Soak in curing solution for 4-5 days in the refrigerator.

3. After curig, wash off the excess salt by soaking in warm water. Drain by hanging. 

COOKING OF HAM 

1. Boil the ham in enough water for 5 minutes. 

2. Discard water and boil again the ham in another water until soft. Carefully remove the skin.  

3. Finally cook the ham in the following mixture for about one hour. For every kilo of ham add: 

3/4 cup of beer 

2 pcs. cloves 

2 pcs. bayleaves 

1 cup pineapple juice 

1 cup sugar
enough water to cover  

4. Cover the ham with brown sugar and place in an oven until it is well-caramelized or use red hot "siyanse." 

Source:      ITDI (DOST)
Descriptor: Food technology
Descriptor: Boneless ham

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