What to do with this lump of HAM!

MidlandsM

A pal of mine in the food game dropped this in the back of me jeep the other day, and said to me "enjoy" - nothing wrong with it at all, just have it in the fridge wrapped up.

He told me it can taste a bit "soapy" in large chunks as its for deli slicing etc for ham sambos.......but I'd like to make a nice ham dinner/meal out of it.

Suggestions please (to avoid the soapyness), and btw- I'm no chef/expert cook......but can do the basics.;)

Thanks........

huskerdu

The first idea off the top of my head is to heat up thick slices and serve with strong flavoured bechamel based sauce, maybe parsley and mustard sauce, or a white wine sauce.

Swampy

Thick ham slices fried. Eggs fried soft. Boiled potatoes fried.

Breakfast/Lunch/dinner of kings.

amandausa

It looks like a smoked ham.... in that case you could bake it until hot (probably about an hour) and make a nice glaze for it - pour it over then continue baking for another half hour until the glaze browns:

Place a saucepan over medium heat. Add the about 6 tablespoons of butter, 1 whole orange sliced thin, juice of another 1-2 oranges, 1 cup of brown sugar, 1/2 cup of water, and some cinnamon and cloves. Slowly cook the liquid down to a syrupy glaze; this should take about 30 to 40 minutes.

Guill

Pasta bake!

Alun

Chicken and ham pie

oldrnwisr

Ham and olive cake

It's a nice savoury cake that work's well as a pre-dinner nibble or on the side with some soup.

Swampy

Quiche Lorraine.

Chewabacca

How about a giant roll? If i had that I'd invite friends over and buy a whole baguette, lettuce, tomatoes, cheddar and some hellmans. Id slice it as thin as possible and blanch it in beef stock to warm it up and get some life back into it. Top with the veggies and and make a little balsamic vinaigrette to finish it. A very good sandwich is difficult to beat.