Honey cure for ham
6 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ham | |
| 1 | pounds | Rough salt |
| ½ | ounce | Saltpeter (from the drugstore) |
| 1 | ounce | Pepper |
| 1 | pounds | Honey |
Directions
You will need a salting pan. Rub the ham all over with the salt, saltpeter, and pepper. Put it in a salting pan. Turn and rub it well with the mixture every day for 4 days. Then pour the honey over the ham and rub it in. Rub the ham with the pickle twice a week for a month before you hang it up to dry.
Time: 1 month plus.
From: "The Old World Kitchen - The Rich Tradition of European Peasant Cooking" by Elisabeth Luard, ISBN 0-553-05219-5 Posted by: Karin Brewer, Cooking Echo, 7/92