Ham

Salted caramel is a staple in the culinary world these days. Cookies, pudding, or chocolate—you find it everywhere. But ham? You don't see that very often. In this recipe, I'll show you the magical combination of salted caramel and ham, the sous vide method!

Author	Givan
People	4
Temperature	65
Cooking time	40 minutes
Prep time	20 minutes

Ingredients

• 400 g ham
• 1 red onion
• 2 carrots
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tbsp black pepper
• 75 g sugar
• 50 ml water
• (smoked) sea salt
• (smoked) butter

Preparation

Preparing the ham

Set your sous vide appliance to 65°C (149°F). Place the ham, carrots, onion, black peppercorns, and bay leaves in a sous vide bag and cook in the water bath for 2.5 hours. Don't have a large sous vide bag ? You can order one in our shop.

Caramel

Meanwhile, we'll make the caramel, which we'll use later. Melt the sugar and water in a saucepan until golden brown. Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the smoked butter . Let the mixture simmer for about 3 minutes, then turn off the heat.

Out of the water bath

Remove the meat from the sous vide bag and let it drain briefly. Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place the meat on top. Add the caramel mixture to the ham. You can do this with a spatula or a brush. Then sprinkle the ham with salt, to taste.

Into the oven

Place the meat in the oven for 10 minutes and remove it. Then baste the ham with another layer of caramel. Return the meat to the oven for another 15 minutes. Remove the meat from the oven and let it rest. If the caramel layer isn't clearly visible, you can baste the meat again and sear it briefly with our torch . Cut the meat into attractive slices. You can make delicious ham sandwiches with this. In this example, we're serving the ham with truffle and an omelet.

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