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Christmas Roasted Ham

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Icandoit Mon 23-Dec-24 12:53:57

Bit of advice if I may? I always do a roast ham for our Christmas dinner, along with turkey etc. however I do normaly do it the day before. I was wondering what advice you would give, if any, to do it the day before Christmas or actually on Christmas Day? I thought it may be better done on Chrsitmas Day and serve it whilst still warm but I also think it would be too much to actually prepare along with everything else. Any advice please?

cc Tue 24-Dec-24 16:18:44

I usually do it on Christmas Eve for supper, but we're out tonight and I'm not sure if I'll have time tomorrow. I do like a slice of gammon with the rest of the Christmas lunch but we have loads of bacon and whatever so I don't think it will matter. Might be nice to have a break from the white meat and have it hot on Boxing Day.

semperfidelis Tue 24-Dec-24 18:30:13

I do without the ham! Piles of pigs in blankets instead, cooked on the grill/convection setting of my multi function microwave oven. Remember those? They are still very versatile.
The turkey can be cooked in the conventional oven.

M0nica Wed 25-Dec-24 19:46:31

Don't like pigs in blankets. prefer a gammon joint and sausagemeat stuffing.

MaizieD Thu 26-Dec-24 09:17:01

I don’t know if anyone else said ‘part cook’ the ham the day before but I certainly didn’t.

If the ham has been thoroughly cooked the day before, i.e to the internal temperature of 60 degrees needed to destroy bacteria, then cooled rapidly and kept refrigerated there shouldn’t be any problem with glazing it and reheating it in the oven.

Anyway, no-one seems to have been poisoned and I hope you all had a great Christmas day with fabulous food 😁

mabon1 Thu 26-Dec-24 19:46:04

I always understood that part cooking is not a good idea.

Jaxjacky Thu 26-Dec-24 20:17:47

mabon1 I’ve been doing it for 30 odd years and we’re all fine.