Left Over Ham

 

 

 

 

 

Process

"Mix  1/2 cup wine and 1/2 cup water, reduced to half with a bay leaf and cloves. Remove bay leaf and cloves. Brown slices of ham in their own fat, turn and brown the other side. Put in shallow baking dish. Put large piece of butter in pan and let brown. Add 1 and 1/2 Tablespoons flour, let burn, and add wine and water gradually. Add 3/4 cup hot water to make roux. Pour over ______ and heat in oven."

Let the mystery be! That card is so old the last sentence is cut off!

Ham and Potato Casserole

 "Lay thin slices of ham in bottom of dish, then thick sour cream..."

really specific

"...then sliced cold boiled potatoes, each. "

Each"

"Layer sprinkled with chopped parsley, salt, pepper and celery seeds. All topped with bread crumbs. Heat thuroughly until bubbling. "

OK now, thanks for your specificity.

Ham

 Ha ha! Ham! What a simple title and yet such a complex option for cooking! This recipe is priceless, literally. 

"Take an ordinary ham, cover with water, 1 and 1/2 cup ground coffee..."

What the what?

"...1 cup vinegar, 4 cups brown sugar, 1 Tablespoon Allspice, 2 Tablespoons ground cinnamon, and simmer for 4 hours."

Oven I assume?

"Let stand in water until cold."

Ew

"Put ham in dripping pan..."

Dripping with what? lol

"Stuff with cloves,   Cover with mixture of mustard and brown sugar."

End of directions. I am at a loss. What just happened here?

Crumbled Ham with Potatoes

 This recipe actually sounds a like a perfect post-Christmas-and-New-Years leftover extravaganza! Not that I won't eat all the potatoes with the left over raclette, but hey a girl can dream!?

"2 and1/2 cups freshly mashed potatoes beaten until light with 1/2 cup hot milk and 1 Tablespoon butter. Add 2 cups chopped cooked ham and 1 teaspoon each of parsley and onion, minced. Grease baking dish, sprinkle with 1/4 cup bread crumbs. Add ham mixture. Sprinkle with another 1/4 cup bread crumbs. Bake until top is well browned. "

Et voila!? That is it, no temp, no time!

Ham and Noodle Custard

 Oh boy, another custard!

"Combine chopped ham with freshly cooked and well drained noodles in a greased baking dish. Over this pour a mixture of 3 well beaten eggs, 2 cups milk, sand and pepper, and a pinch of thyme. Serve with onion flavored tomato sauce."

Hey - doesn't that need to be cooked to become a custard? Something is missing here.

Antipasto Squares

Who knew that this yummy appetizer has slipped through my grasp all these years? It is easy to make and a crowd pleaser. I even like it with the meat that is in it. Who doesn't like crescent dough?

Ingredients
olive oil
2 containers crescent roll dough
1/2 pound deli ham
1/2 pound salami
Slices of Provolone cheese
Sliced Mozzerella cheese
Jar of Banana peppers
grated Parmesan
oregano

Process

1. Preheat oven to 350°. 
2. Grease baking sheet with cooking spray. 
3. Unroll one can of crescent rolls (keeping as one complete sheet) and pinch together the seams. 
4. Layer the next 5 ingredients on top of the crescent rolls, keeping them spread evenly across. 
5. Unroll remaining crescent rolls and place on top. 
6. Sprinkle with oregano and grated Parmesan. 
7.  Bake until dough is golden and cooked through, or roughly 1/2 hour. 
8. Let cool for a bit before cutting into squares. 

Cuban Stromboli from Wine and Glue

 

This recipe from Wine and Glue was an excellent find this week. 

It was quick and easy and oh so kid friendly. 

I went liberal on the first batch I made and discovered that it could have used more kick to it. So I made it a second time last night and nailed it. 

That's what the above picture is from. Yummy stuff folks that we highly recommend!

Ingredients

• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1/2 lb. Spicy Italian Sausage (I used Jennie-O)
• 1 (13.8 oz) tube refrigerated pizza dough
• 7 slices swiss cheese
• 6 slices black forest ham
• 8 sandwich style dill pickles
• 2 TBSPs mustard
• 1 TBSP mustard
• 1/2 tsp garlic salt

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
2. In a cast iron skillet, preheat your olive oil and then cook your Spicy Italian Sausage until completely cooked through, crumbling it as you cook.
3. On a silicon mat lined baking sheet, spread out your refrigerated pizza dough until it is about 14 by 12 inches.
4. Spread out your swiss cheese, spread the mustard over it, layer it with the slices of ham, the pickle slices and the cooked sausage.
5. Carefully roll up the dough, starting with the long end, and then place it seam side down and pinch both ends closed.
6. Brush the dough with the melted butter and sprinkle with the garlic salt.
7. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand for 3 to 5 minutes before slicing

Hambone and Lentil Stew

Stay at home Ham and Bean Soup

This is what we had the ingredients for and SP just started the timer on the crock pot. Will post pics soon. We had all the ingredients in house, and used canned beans, so we skipped step one since the beans are already cooked. Today we are taking the Christmas tree down and I look forward to smelling this cook all afternoon. . From Old Fashioned Living, a Hearty Ham bone soup:

Bean Soup with Ham
Ingredients:
1 ham bone with some meat left on
2 cups Navy, Northern beans or mixed beans
8 cups water
1 clove garlic, minced
1 bay leaf1 large onion, chopped
Salt and pepper, to taste

Wash beans the beans and add to a medium to large pan on the stove. Cover with water, boil, and turn off the heat. Let these sit about a 1/2 hour.
Drain the beans, and place all the ingredients in the crock pot. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or so, then switch to low and continue to cook. You want the beans to be done, but not mushy. Add more water if needed to make it a soup consistency as it cooks.
Cut the meat off the bone and put in with the beans and remove the bay leaf before serving.

Ham and Rice Croquettes

I found this yummy recipe (for using leftover ham) in this month's Gourmet. I tinkered with the proportions - actually I pretty much ignored them. I doubled up on the cheese (of course) and used both white and wild rice! We are serving them with a side of our favorite whole grain mustard and some leftover creamed onions. My favorite part, is the the kids commented on how great the house smells and these cakes will fit perfectly into their lunch boxes! Cheers to leftovers!

Ham and Rice Croquettes
Ingredients

• 2 cups cooked white rice, cooled
• 3/4 cup finely chopped cooked ham (about 1/4 pound)
• 1/3 cup grated Parmesan
• 2 large eggs, divided - and lightly beaten
  
• 1/2 cup plain dry bread crumbs
• About 3 cups vegetable oil
• Equipment: a deep-fat thermometer

Preparation

1. In a large bowl, stir together rice, ham, cheese, 1 egg, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
   
2. Put remaining egg (lightly beaten) and bread crumbs in separate shallow bowls.
3. Heat 1 to 1 1/2 inches oil to 350°F in a 10-inch skillet over high heat.
   
4. Meanwhile, dampen your hands and form 1/4-cup amounts of rice mixture into 2 1/2-inch cakes.
   
5. Lightly coat cake with egg, then with bread crumbs.
   
6. Fry croquettes in 2 batches, turning once or twice, until golden-brown, 2 to 3 minutes per batch.

Left-over Ham

This recipe was cooking lesson #3, and it is yummy!

Ingredients
1/2 cup wine
1/2 cup water
a bay leaf
3 cloves
slices of left over ham, with fat on them
brown sugar
butter
flour

Process

1. Add first 4 ingredients to a medium sauce pan and reduce to half.
   
2. Remove bay leaf and cloves
3. Brown slices of ham in their own fat.
   
4. Powder with brown sugar.
5. Turn ham and brown other side.
   
6. Put ham in shallow baking dish.
   
7. In a separate pan put large piece of butter and let brown.
   
8. Add 1.5 Tablespoons flour and let burn (yes it wants you to char it a bit).
   
9. Add 3/4 wine and water gradually to make a roux.
   
10. Pour roux over ham and heat in the oven.
    

Baba's Ham

This recipe compares to a Virginia Ham recipe, but is better, because my great grandmother says so! This is an all day recipe so start it in the morning and allow an hour for the final heating process. It sounds so good I think this will be on my Christmas Eve cooking list in place of the traditional smoked spiral ham. I have included a picture of a clove studded ham for your viewing pleasure!

Ingredients
Ordinary unsmoked ham
water
1.5 cup ground coffee
1 cup vinegar
4 cups brown sugar
1 Tablespoon allspice
2 Tablespoons ground cinnamon
grainy mustard
more brown sugar
whole cloves

Process

1. Place ham in stock pot over medium heat and cover with water, coffee, vinegar, brown sugar, allspice, and cinnamon.


2. Simmer for 4 hours.


3. Let stand in water until cold.


4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees


5. Put ham in roasting pan, cover with mixture of mustard and brown sugar. Stud with cloves.


6. Place in oven and bake for an hour or until heated through.

Ham and Potato Casserole

This recipe makes me think of Scalloped Potatoes made into a meal.

Ham and Potato Casserole (Baba)

Ingredients:
thinly slice ham
thick sour cream
sliced cold boiled potatoes
chopped parsley
salt
pepper
celery seeds
bread crumbs

Process:

• Preheat oven 350
• Lay thinly sliced ham in bottom of dish
• Sprinkle some chopped parsley, salt, pepper, and celery seeds.
  
• Layer thick sour cream
• Sprinkle some chopped parsley, salt, pepper, and celery seeds.
• Layer sliced cold boiled potatoes
• Sprinkle some chopped parsley, salt, pepper, and celery seeds.
• Top it all with bread crumbs.
  
• Heat thoroughly until bubbling.
  

Delice Dauphine

This recipe is once again accredited to Mrs. Moore. Who was Mrs. Moore anyway? I am currently unable to find a good translation for this name. Dad pulled out his Larousse Gastronomique. Dauphine is a region of France that stretches along the Alps to the Rhone Valley. The area is known for it's gratin type dishes for which this recipe seems to fit. Delice in French refers to a certain type of pastry, but has no precise culinary meaning, implies that the dish is delectable or delicious.

Ingredients:
1 un-sugared pancake
1 thin slice ham
2 tablespoons cream
2 tablespoons grated Gruyere cheese

Process:

• Spread 1 tablespoon cream over pancake.
  
• Place slice of ham on top of pancake.
  
• Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon cheese.
  
• Roll and place in shallow baking dish.
  
• Add the other tablespoon cream and the rest of cheese.
  
• Brown under broiler, up to 7 or 8 minutes.
  

And here begins those yummy recipes that show where my love of cheese came from.