coca-cola ham
Coca-Cola Ham Fresh ham comes from the pig's hind leg. (You buy fresh pork leg to brine, not a cured, smoked ham.) Because a whole leg is quite large, it is usually cut into two se...
Ingredients
- 1(6 to 8 pound) bone-in fresh half leg of pork with skin,
- 3cupkosher salt or 1 1/2 cups table salt
- 3(2-liter) bottles coca-cola classic
- 2heads garlic, cloves separated, lightly crushed and peeled
- 10bay leaves
- 1/2cupblack peppercorns, crushed
- 1cuplightly packed fresh sage leaves
- 1/2cuplightly packed fresh parsley leaves
Directions
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Coca-Cola Ham Fresh ham comes from the pig's hind leg
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You buy fresh pork leg to brine, not a cured, smoked ham.) Because a whole leg is quite large, it is usually cut into two sections
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The sirloin, or butt, end is harder to carve than our favorite, the shank end
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If you don't have room in your refrigerator, brine the pork in an insulated cooler or a small new plastic garbage can and add five or six fr
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1 (6 to 8 pound) bone-in fresh half leg of pork with skin, preferably shank end, rinsed, or boneless pork loin (see notes) Brine 3 cups kosh
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Be careful not to cut into meat
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To make brine: In large (about 16-quart) bucket or stockpot, dissolve salt in Coke
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Add garlic, bay leaves and crushed peppercorns