- Feb 11, 2017
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I smoked a pre cooked ham and added a Honey Mustard, Pineapple and Brown Sugar glaze the weekend and it was really nice, but the best bit of it was the Hock for me.
Just got back from my local supermarket and have impulse bought a couple of Gammon Shanks from the butchers counter, as they are a rare item for sale there.. Just got to figure out how to prep them for slow cooking.
As it is a gammon shank, am I right in assuming I am going to need to soak them in cold water for an hour or 2 too remove the salt? and if they are suitable for slow cooking just score the skin and baste with something like apple juice towards the end of the cook. I thought about finishing them off in tray of bacon lardons and onion towards the end of the cook also?
They are about 500g each, am I looking for a internal temp around 170-175 F to show they are cooked? and expect around a 6-8 hour time period to reach that sort of temp? I don't really want to remove the skin as it seems to hold it together, I would imagine, so it is worth putting wood on the charcoals for a smoky effect, or is it not really going to penetrate the meat with that amount of skin?
Thanks
Just got back from my local supermarket and have impulse bought a couple of Gammon Shanks from the butchers counter, as they are a rare item for sale there.. Just got to figure out how to prep them for slow cooking.
As it is a gammon shank, am I right in assuming I am going to need to soak them in cold water for an hour or 2 too remove the salt? and if they are suitable for slow cooking just score the skin and baste with something like apple juice towards the end of the cook. I thought about finishing them off in tray of bacon lardons and onion towards the end of the cook also?
They are about 500g each, am I looking for a internal temp around 170-175 F to show they are cooked? and expect around a 6-8 hour time period to reach that sort of temp? I don't really want to remove the skin as it seems to hold it together, I would imagine, so it is worth putting wood on the charcoals for a smoky effect, or is it not really going to penetrate the meat with that amount of skin?
Thanks
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