Bought this ham at the Polish supermarket today. Can someone tell me how to cook it and what to serve with.

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  1. It’s already cooked. Most people would just slice it and made a sandwich, some folks like to use it is salads… Anyway, what possessed you to buy 4+kg of ham?

  2. You could just serve it cold of pan fry. I’d serve it with whatever you like on your sandwich.

  3. You bought cold cuts ready to be put on a sandwich.

  4. To avoid waste, cut it in half and put one into freezer. The other one use as usual ham for sandwiches. 🙂

    Edit: or cut it into even more pieces.

  5. Right. Next time try to read ingredients part carefuly. Ham made of 73% of pork meat??? So please tell me what is missing 27%. Good ham, tasty is always made of 100%+ meat. Usually in smoked process meat is shrinking. It is not a cake like yours

  6. Anything with an ingredients list like that probably shouldn’t be eaten too often, if at all.

  7. Heads up: this is one of the shittiest hams you could’ve bought and it’s not gonna taste good on a sandwich. It has only 73% of meat and the rest are additives and fillers.

    You can still fry it, but a good technique to salvage cheap processed meats is to boil them to get rid of that chemical flavor. After that’s done, pour off the water, and shred it into something resembling pulled pork. Use in sandwiches with lots of addons and hot sauce, or make some kind of sauce or stew.

  8. Like others said most likely just ham for a sandwich, but I’m sure you can use it for something like Bigos.

  9. Smoked ham. Just cut it into slices and make a sandwich

  10. Hams are already cured and cooked… all you really need to do is heat it up at most.
    A ham like that is nice sliced and fried.

    But I also like baked ham that has been garnished with pineapple, cherries with cloves put into the fruit.

    Thats what we usually do for Easter… with a regular ham.

  11. In the Lower half it starts with bold font saying EN which means English and repeats everything above in English for you

  12. Judging by the long list of additives just use a particle collider and you’re good.

  13. Dude out of all the nice polish meats you choose a pretty boring ham 😜

  14. Parzona = steamed. It’s ham ready to eat. You can also buy “parzona surowa”. Surowa = raw and then you have to cook it slowly at low temperature, how long depends on the weight. Surowa it’s much better and many polish people buy it on christmas and prepares with cloves, allspice, bay leaf etc.

  15. Im sorry to tell you this but, holy shit, the ingredients are trash.

  16. It’s not a Polish ham it’s just ham with a 1000 chemical additives and some Polish labeling but imported from the UK.

  17. Polish ham, also known as Szynka, is a delicious and versatile meat that can be cooked in various ways and served with a variety of side dishes. Here’s a simple recipe and some ideas on what to serve with your ham:

    Ingredients:

    * 1 Polish ham
    * 2-3 cups of water
    * 2-3 bay leaves
    * 2-3 cloves of garlic
    * Whole peppercorns
    * 1 onion, sliced
    * 1 carrot, sliced
    * 1 celery stalk, sliced

    Instructions:

    1. Preheat your oven to 325°F (160°C).
    2. In a large pot, add the ham, water, bay leaves, garlic, peppercorns, onion, carrot, and celery. Bring to a boil and simmer for 20-30 minutes.
    3. Remove the ham from the pot and let it cool slightly. Remove the skin and score the fat in a diamond pattern.
    4. Place the ham in a roasting pan and pour some of the cooking liquid over it.
    5. Bake the ham for 1-2 hours, basting it with the cooking liquid every 30 minutes, until the internal temperature reaches 140°F (60°C).
    6. Remove the ham from the oven and let it rest for 10-15 minutes before slicing and serving.

    Serving suggestions:

    * Pierogi (Polish dumplings) with caramelized onions and sour cream
    * Bigos (Polish stew made with sauerkraut, meat, and spices)
    * Mashed potatoes or roasted potatoes
    * Braised red cabbage
    * Roasted vegetables such as carrots, parsnips, or Brussels sprouts
    * Polish-style cucumber salad (Mizeria) with sour cream and dill

    Enjoy your delicious Polish ham!

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