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Glazed Ham

Written by Michele Lyons on December 9, 2020. Posted in Cooking Tips, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Nothing says Christmas quite like a glazed leg of ham. Glazing your ham is the perfect way to add flavour, colour and texture and it’s simple to do. Ingredients: 1 whole leg of ham 250ml maple syrup 1 cup brown sugar 100g dijon mustard 1/2 cup spiced rum 1/4 cup red wine vinegar Method: Gently heat the glaze...

Cooking Tip: How to Carve a Ham

Written by Alison Clinch on December 23, 2016. Posted in Cooking Tips, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork. Leave a Comment

Many people carve their ham horizontally, but you’ll actually get better, more even slices if you carve the slices vertically. Follow these steps below and you can’t go wrong. Step 1 – Place ham skin side up. Then run a small sharp knife under the rind around the bottom (opposite end to hock) and...

Cooking Tip: How to Store Christmas Leftovers

Written by Alison Clinch on December 21, 2016. Posted in Cooking Tips, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Free Range Poultry. Leave a Comment

How to Store Leftovers Ham Cover the ham after carving with the reserved rind, then wrap with a moist tea towel or ham bag. Do not use plastic wrap to cover the ham. Rinse out your Ham Bag and repeat the vinegar process every 3 days to retain freshness. Consider slicing enough ham to last 2 – 3 days and storing it...

Cooking Tips: Christmas Favourites

Written by Alison Clinch on November 1, 2016. Posted in Cooking Tips, Miscellaneous, Recipes. 2 Comments

As Christmas planning starts to gather momentum, we’re receiving lots of questions about our (award winning) Pasture Fed Free Range Hams and our Organic Free Range Turkeys. In particular customers are wanting to know how many people a Ham or Turkey will feed, how to prepare it and what to do with the leftovers...

Recipe: Asian Inspired Baked Ham

Written by Alison Clinch on November 1, 2016. Posted in Cooking Tips, Miscellaneous, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Ingredients 1 Whole Leg of Ham (Bone-in or Easy Carve) Star anise (to use like cloves) 1/2 cup hoisin sauce 1/2 cup plum sauce 1/4 cup Chinese rice wine 1/4 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice Method: Preheat oven to 180°C (or 160°C fan forced). Remove skin from ham and score fat in a...

How to Choose Ethical, Sustainable and Traceable Food this Christmas

Written by Ben Clinch on December 11, 2013. Posted in Animal Welfare, Farming and Agriculture, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork. 1 Comment

One of the loveliest things about Christmas is getting together with family and friends and enjoying beautiful food. Given our climate in December there’s an increasing trend towards cold dishes like ham and seafood, rather than the traditional roast*. What’s also changing is consumer awareness around food production....

Baked Ham with Orange and Mustard Glaze

Written by Alison Clinch on December 4, 2013. Posted in Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Recipes. 5 Comments

All our ham is already ‘cooked’ (this is what happens during the smoking process) so there’s no need to do anything with it if you don’t want to… but if you do, here’s a lovely glazed baked ham recipe. Ingredients: 1 cooked leg of ham Zest and juice of 1 orange 2 tablespoons Dijon...

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Glazed Ham

Cooking Tip: How to Carve a Ham

Cooking Tip: How to Store Christmas Leftovers

Cooking Tips: Christmas Favourites

Recipe: Asian Inspired Baked Ham

How to Choose Ethical, Sustainable and Traceable Food this Christmas

Baked Ham with Orange and Mustard Glaze

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