Gammon Slow Cooked In Pear Cider

[marsh man]

No instructions needed today , I looked it up how to cook a Gammon joint in the slow cooker , dead easy , on low for 6 to 8 hours and to add to the flavor it said it could done in coca cola, I never had any coke , the drink not the drug I am talking about but I did have a bottle of Pear Cider so that is near enough , put the joint on yesterday afternoon and added a cut up Onion , Carrot and Parsnip , it was on low for 6 hours and I warmed it up tonight in the slow cooker while I was doing the veg , the gravy was made from the boiled up cider , verdict , very pleased with the result , the bacon was that tender it just fell to bits , all in all the best tea I have had this year,

[TIGHTCHOKE]

MM you are getting quite adventurous now, well done.   

[ditchman]

that sounds very tasty...............

MY NEW KITCHEN APPLIANCE ARRIVED TODAY 

i will be producing a meal with it tomrrow...

[marsh man]

11 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

MM you are getting quite adventurous now, well done.   

 

5 minutes ago, ditchman said:

that sounds very tasty...............

MY NEW KITCHEN APPLIANCE ARRIVED TODAY 

i will be producing a meal with it tomrrow...

THANKS , I have got two more left so the next one I do I will do it in less time and then put it in the oven to Brown over , mind you the bit I ate tonight was that tender you could eat with no teeth in which was ideal as mine new ones are still in the box , no worries as I still had enough of my own ones to carry on as per normal 😛

By the way Simon , What is this new appliance we are already getting excited about  We await with baited breath .

[JKD]

25 minutes ago, ditchman said:

that sounds very tasty...............

MY NEW KITCHEN APPLIANCE ARRIVED TODAY 

i will be producing a meal with it tomrrow...

Is it that jawing bint off that video 

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Just now, JKD said:

Is it that jawing bint off that video 

Gordon Bennett.           

[JKD]

Great looking plate of grub there MM 😋 

Just now, TIGHTCHOKE said:

Gordon Bennett.           

Well she sure could load his plate up good and proper 

[ditchman]

27 minutes ago, JKD said:

Is it that jawing bint off that video 

Ha ...you watched a bit of it then 

[marsh man]

17 minutes ago, JKD said:

Great looking plate of grub there MM 😋 

 

Cheers JKD  Still a certain amount of trial and error , I have got the chips about right and the steamed veg to my liking , the bacon I done was very tender and maybe done longer than need be , today I cut the breasts off a Mallard I had as the binmen come tomorrow so the carcase will be gone instead of hanging about in the bin , the last ones I done they went in the pan first with Onions to Brown off , when I do the two I have got they might go in the slow cooker first and then finish them off in the pan , so the other way round . MM  

[ditchman]

27 minutes ago, JKD said:

Great looking plate of grub there MM 😋 

Well she sure could load his plate up good and proper 

she proberly tastes of salt and old fish.........bloody woman ...self premoting important bimbo

[JKD]

1 minute ago, ditchman said:

Ha ...you watched a bit of it then 

Only the first half,,,, skipped through the rest,,,, WHOOP WHOOP ☝️👈👆👇👋👆👸😆

[welsh1]

Lokks great, a bit of parsley sauce out of a packet is the only thing i might add.

[JKD]

3 minutes ago, marsh man said:

Cheers JKD  Still a certain amount of trial and error , I have got the chips about right and the steamed veg to my liking , the bacon I done was very tender and maybe done longer than need be , today I cut the breasts off a Mallard I had as the binmen come tomorrow so the carcase will be gone instead of hanging about in the bin , the last ones I done they went in the pan first with Onions to Brown off , when I do the two I have got they might go in the slow cooker first and then finish them off in the pan , so the other way round . MM  

Well it all sounds very nice 😃 Hopefully the dog liked his little bit 🙃

[marsh man]

16 minutes ago, JKD said:

Well it all sounds very nice 😃 Hopefully the dog liked his little bit 🙃

He tend to get a little less now , with my poor cooking and lack of appetite he  was beginning to eat to much , now things are improving he don't get to much as my meals are looking slightly better then his tinned dog meat .

[Morkin]

I’ve cooked with cider a bit in the slow cooker, especially gammon and hocks, really tasty, well done Boi, look arter yourself these cold days 👏👏👏😜👍

[ditchman]

1 hour ago, welsh1 said:

Lokks great, a bit of parsley sauce out of a packet is the only thing i might add.

parsley sauce would be just the ticket on that plate

[marsh man]

1 hour ago, welsh1 said:

Lokks great, a bit of parsley sauce out of a packet is the only thing i might add.

 

18 minutes ago, ditchman said:

parsley sauce would be just the ticket on that plate

I have got various sauce's and chutneys but I never think about using any of them , I put the gravy over at the end and that seem to be it , this is all ( fairly ) new to me although I have been by myself for 13 months now , so through trial and error , sometimes more error than trial . I have never been frightened to have a go at just about anything , at one time I couldn't afford to pay someone else to do something I might had been able to do myself and although I could now possibly afford to pay someone to do my cooking that isn't really how I work , the first thing I had to learn was how my oven work , even now I don't know what some of the fan signs are for but in life you never stop learning , so it is either learn how to do these fairly basic things or go by the wayside and I am nowhere ready for the latter . With the help from the forum we will get it down to a reasonable standard , my weight is now stabilised and with a bit of luck it will start to go back up rather than on a downward slope .   MM

[TIGHTCHOKE]

MM, perhaps a little "experimentation" with some sauces could be your next task?   

 

You might hit the jackpot and enjoy the research.   

[bruno22rf]

Superb job, slow cooking Gammon is the way to go - sauce wise I would try cooking a few slices of onion then adding a white sauce packet mix, goes really well with the meat. 

[JKD]

45 minutes ago, bruno22rf said:

Superb job, slow cooking Gammon is the way to go - sauce wise I would try cooking a few slices of onion then adding a white sauce packet mix, goes really well with the meat. 

Not tomatoes then ? 🤷‍♂️😂😇

[ditchman]

1 hour ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

MM, perhaps a little "experimentation" with some sauces could be your next task?   

 

You might hit the jackpot and enjoy the research.   

good idea 

[7daysinaweek]

That does look lovely and tender. Good on you MM for trying something new.

[amateur]

Slow cooking is the very best method for tender meat.

I wanted to do a stir-fried Lakhsa last week, but realised that we didn't have any prawns, only had some diced mutton (or alternatively, several joints and whole chickens) in the freezer. 3 hours in the slow cooker with some diced onions, carrots, celery and ginger and the mutton was soft and ready to be stir-fried with the rest of the ingredients, with the cooking liquor and veg suitably blended to add to the curry sauce.

It was epic.

[ditchman]

29 minutes ago, amateur said:

Slow cooking is the very best method for tender meat.

I wanted to do a stir-fried Lakhsa last week, but realised that we didn't have any prawns, only had some diced mutton (or alternatively, several joints and whole chickens) in the freezer. 3 hours in the slow cooker with some diced onions, carrots, celery and ginger and the mutton was soft and ready to be stir-fried with the rest of the ingredients, with the cooking liquor and veg suitably blended to add to the curry sauce.

It was epic.

mutton is supreme......yet it is not popular..

[amateur]

2 hours ago, ditchman said:

mutton is supreme......yet it is not popular..

It certainly gave a different, but lovely, flavour to the laksa.