What to do with white ham?

Tips and recipes to impress with a basic from our refrigerator.

How to choose white ham?

Commercially, there are three categories of white ham depending on quality. Superior ham is considered the ultimate supermarket ham, with more demanding specifications than choice ham (mid-range), and standard ham, of less good composition.
Mostly, superior hams are sold in stores.
Mentions such as “old-fashioned ham”, “cooked in a cloth” or “cooked on the bone” are optional and provide information on the manufacturing process of the product, but say nothing about the quality.

What about nitrites and nitrates?

Nitrites and nitrates are food additives used in the food industry to extend the shelf life of foods, particularly cold meats. In recent years, however, their use has been controversial because they could promote the development of cancer.

Faced with the controversy, manufacturers have developed ranges of charcuterie “without added nitrites/nitrates”. However, this does not mean that they do not contain them. Nitrates are in fact naturally present in certain vegetable broths, used to cook ham, a process during which they transform into nitrites.
To distinguish truly nitrite-free products in stores, you need to look at the color of the ham. Those without nitrites/nitrates are not colored, and therefore have a naturally grayish color. Their shelf life is also shorter, 24 to 48 hours maximum.

Three good reasons to adopt ham

It is an economical source of protein

Did you know ? Ham contains more than 20g of protein per 100g, which ranks it among the best possible sources of protein, along with egg. Skinned, it is also low in fat, and contains only 117 kcal/100 g. It is also rich in B vitamins, which help the body produce energy and are necessary for the proper functioning of the nervous system.
Price-wise, white ham is one of the affordable foods.

Children love it

As much as it can be difficult to make them like fish, they are rarely choosy about ham. Even vegetables seem more appetizing if they are hidden under a slice of cold meats.

It is versatile

In croque-monsieur, a quiche, a cake, with a plate of shells or to garnish crepes… It’s simple, you can do everything with ham, except perhaps desserts. As it is already cooked, we also save time on our preparations, very practical when we have to improvise a teleworking lunch, or an aperitif.
Another tip, know that ham tolerates freezing very well. If you haven’t finished a package, you can slip the leftover ham into freezer bags or wrap them in cling film. It keeps for two months like this.

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Baked cordon bleu

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Endive with ham, buckwheat béchamel

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Chicken pie with pistachio nuts

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Green pancakes, ham, egg and cheese

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Cabbage croque monsieur without bread

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Ham shell cake

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Endives with ham and béchamel

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Pak choi gratin, ham and béchamel

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Croque-monsieur

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Gourmet coquillettes with white ham and roast ham

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Croque monsieur with camembert

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White pizza with ham and artichokes and pistachio pesto

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Parisian salad with gruyere and croutons

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Croque monsieur with truffled gouda

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