Pork Ham with Cloves

Main Dishes | Russian cuisine

⏳ Time

6 hours + 1 day

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

Pork Ham with Cloves

Ingredients

Pork Blood - 11 lbs
Onion - 2 heads
Carrot - 4 pieces
Celery salt - 2 pieces
Turnips - 1 piece
Bay leaf - 5 pieces
Cognac - 2 tablespoons
Apricot Jam - 7.1 oz
Ground clove - to taste
Ground Black Pepper - to taste
Salt - to taste

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Soak the ham in salted cold water (1 tablespoon of salt per 1 liter of water) and leave it for 24 hours, changing the water to fresh salted water after 12 hours.

Step 2

Cut all the vegetables into large pieces. Place the pork with the vegetables and bay leaves in a large pot, cover with fresh boiling water, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, season with pepper, cover with a lid, and let it simmer for 5 hours.

Step 3

Transfer the ham to a baking tray (the vegetables will no longer be needed). Cool it down, and trim the skin with a thin layer of subcutaneous fat.

Step 4

Make diagonal cuts in the remaining fat layer in a crisscross pattern. Insert one clove into each square. Mix the jam with cognac and generously brush the top of the ham. Bake for 1 hour in the oven at 180°C.