Boiled a Ham with Onions, Carrots, Bay & Peppercorns.
What best to do with the stock??
Either use it for soup, make a sauce to go with the ham or freeze until you need a good ham stock. Sounds dribbingly good ;)
If the ham was very salty, so too may be the stock. Have a taste before using.
Split-pea soup? Just the weather......
Stock in which to cook filled fresh pasta + white beans leaving a 'wet' dish? Classic!
Freezes beautifully......
I did a ham in part water, part apple juice with onions and seasonings only yesterday. Today I have used the stock to make soup by adding carrots and butternut squash, garlic and ginger. I'm just about to whiz it all before adding some cream. This is what I did last time I cooked a ham and was asked to repeat the soup for today.
Tricia
Sounding good!
PS I did de-salt first.
My Mum always made a lentil soup with the ham stock, it was par for the course when the ham was cooking :P
Add lentils, carrots, onions and chuck in a few bits of ham minutes before you are due to serve, to die for :P
God bless her soul, my kids (now big boy adults ;D) still ask for Grandmas lentil soup if ever they see a ham cooking :P
I did Lentils eventually - great!