Hi Everyone, the pièce de résistance at Christmas is the ham – a very large cut of meat, cured, cooked and glazed to glistening perfection. Studded with cloves and sitting on a platter, it takes its rightful place at the centre of the dining table for all to drool over and admire. For many, there would be no Christmas without ham. Even people who profess to not eat pork all year, make an exception at the holidays and eat ham. Such is the lure of this other white meat.
In an effort to get to your ham nirvana, let’s look at the four stages involved