Ham Cacciatore
Another week, another ham, all in celebration of our new book: HAM: AN OBSESSION WITH THE HINDQUARTER, right there on the right. It's published March 1st--and it's a stunner: beautiful design, lots of photographs, and (well) a bit of snark from yours truly. Let's just say at one point there's a bad case of maggots in a French charcuterie. (If that doesn't make you want to buy a cookbook, what will?)
But of course, it's not all gorgeousness. Recipe-testing is a mess. Our kitchen gets the industrial treatment on a daily basis. I can't tell you how many bottles of counter cleaner I go through in a month. Amazing. All this food, at a constant pace, with more books to come. Whew. No wonder I need a vacation. But not from ham.
This week, I'm writing about the second of the four types of ham: a fresh ham. Last week, we did the wet cure. But now we're taking on the most elemental way to make a ham: a big pork roast, not smoked, not cured in any way.
In the book, there are lots of recipes for leftovers, for smaller portions, but I thought I'd share with you one of my favorite dishes Bruce created: the ham cacciatore.
Mark Scarbrough | Posted on
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 7:20AM | in
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