Pre-cooked and glazed Christmas Ham

JACK BE NIMBLE · 14-12-2022 8:10pm #1

Hi all,

Looking to leverage someone with experience of buying a precooked ham for Christmas. The latest i can collect it is the 23rd. How best to store this and then reheat on Christmas day?

Appreciate any advice,

Thanks

Gloomtastic! · 14-12-2022 11:45pm

I’d read the instructions on the pack on whether to serve heated or cold. Store it in the fridge.

the beer revolu · 15-12-2022 12:12pm

Just serve it cold. Slice and leave it on a plate for an hour so it isn't "fridge cold".

I will never, for the life of me, understand why people cook the ham on Christmas day and serve it hot.

1. Aren't there enough elements of the Christmas dinner to coordinate to get to the table hot, at the same time?

2. It carves better and is nicer cold!

awec · 15-12-2022 12:18pm

As above, slice it and leave it out for a while before serving so it gets to room temperature.

The gravy will help heat it up some more on plates.

I think it was Nigella who said so long as your gravy is hot, you don't need to stress about ensuring everything else is hot.

phormium · 15-12-2022 6:20pm

I cook the ham on the 23rd, for the Christmas day stuff I slice and put it in a single layer on a tray covered with clingfilm, those tinfoil trays are ideal, I shove it in the oven and it heats sufficiently in minutes

JACK BE NIMBLE · 15-12-2022 6:52pm

Excellent @phormium That's exactly the type of info i was after. Thank you

phormium · 15-12-2022 7:07pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120000809#Comment_120000809

Tinfoil tinfoil! not clingfilm for the oven 😁

Pre-cooked and glazed Christmas Ham

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