Whole country ham

[JMiller22]

Hi All

I decided to pickup a whole county ham for this years Christmas gathering and I’m trying to figure out how to cook it. It is uncooked and around a year old.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

[Johnny Booth]

https://amazingribs.com/tested-recipes/pork-recipes/survey-of-worlds-great-hams/

There are several recipes in this article. Also cook times and temps. 😎

[dpearce]

I've done this recipe twice now. Everyone seems to love it, and I'll be doing it again this Christmas.

https://amazingribs.com/tested-recipes/pork-recipes/ultimate-smoked-ham-recipe/

[Jfrosty27]

I’m doing this one too. I just bought the ham today at Costco.

[JMiller22]

Did you adapt this to a dry aged uncooked ham or did you do this with the precooked wet aged ham in the recipe?

I've done this recipe twice now. Everyone seems to love it, and I'll be doing it again this Christmas.

https://amazingribs.com/tested-recip...ed-ham-recipe/

[dpearce]

I did this for the precooked wet aged ham. Now that you mention it, I'm wondering if that recipe would work ok for yours? Hmmm. Maybe someone will have an opinion on that.

[lovetogrill]

Is it salt cured? If so you need to soak it in fresh water overnight. You can bake it, I always boil mine(mine is salt cured) for about 40 minutes then wrap the pot in blankets and let it sit in hot water for 12 hours. Water is still around 160 degrees the next day. Take out of water and cut the fat off. Score the ham about 1/8 inch depth all around, pack with brown sugar and wrap in tin foil overnight. On the next day it is ready to slice, serve and eat. If your ham is smoke cured, you will not cook it this way.

[JMiller22]

It is salt cured - normal salt, no nitrates or nitrites.

Think I’ll give this a try. Thanks!

It needs to go into the fridge overnight after cooking & wrapping in foil, correct?

[Donw]

Is it a salt cured smoked country ham like you’d get from the many Southern states or another variety?

[JMiller22]

It is salt cured from KY

[Donw]

Definitely soak. You can boil or bake. I prefer boiling myself. I attached a link to below with a slightly different take on boiling and some slicing advice.

https://hobescountryham.com/wp-content/uploads/Hobes-Product-Guide_Whole-Country-Ham-2.pdf

[DavidNorcross]

Without question the best country ham recipe I have found. It is amazing. We live in country ham country and this recipe trumps them all. https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/...recipe-1910162