Slow-cooked Fresh Ham

Your patience will be rewarded with incredibly succulent meat that melts wonderfully in the mouth.

Prepare this savory-sweet and flavorful Slow-cooked Fresh Ham, slowly cooked for eight hours. Your patience will be rewarded with incredibly succulent meat that melts wonderfully in the mouth. Try it now!

Slow-cooked Fresh Ham

Myke "Tatung" Sarthou
Your patience will be rewarded with incredibly succulent meat that melts wonderfully in the mouth.
Prep Time 1 day 10 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours 30 minutes
Resting Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 day 8 hours 40 minutes
Course Main Dishes
Cuisine American
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

Slow-cooked Fresh Ham

  • 2 kilos pork use boneless whole pork leg (pigue)
  • 1 Cup fine sea salt
  • 1 Cup sugar
  • orange slices
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 tablespoon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
  • black pepper
  • 1/2 Cup honey
  • 2 tablespoons mustard
  • 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 2 cloves Garlic minced
  • 2 tablespoons corn oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 Small onion minced
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon parsley sprigs chopped

Instructions
 

  • Using an ice pick, poke holes all over the chilled pork leg. Mix together salt and sugar, and rub all over the pork. Massage for a few minutes. Place in a shallow dish and leave in the refrigerator overnight or up to 24 hours.
  • Wipe off excess sugar and salt from pork. Wrap meat with aluminum foil. Bake in a preheated 230ºF to 250ºF oven for 6 to 8 hours. When cooked, unwrap and remove skin but leave the fat on.
  • Make the glaze: Combine ingredients in a bowl. Brush fat with glaze and bake at 430ºF until caramelized, about 30 minutes.
  • Make the honey-mustard sauce: Whisk together all the ingredients until well combined. Drizzle over ham slices or serve on the side.
  • Before serving, garnish with orange slices and rosemary sprigs if desired.
Keyword homemade ham, pigue, pork leg
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