Ham

Bought a ham shank yesterday, plenty of meat on it and only two quid, trouble is I want to cook it in my slow cooker and I don't know how Any ideas anybody??

Suff it in the slow cooker with carrot chunks, onion chunks and swede - yep you've guessed it, chunks, a bay leaf and 6 black peppercorns.  The stock is cracking.   Cheers,   Tony.

Slow cook with pinto beans (I use 'feijao de Santa Catarina' but I don't know the English translation  - a brown kidney bean would work well)/chourico (garlic sausage)/carrots/wine or water/onion/toms (deseeded and skinned if you've got the time)/bay/olive oil/parsley/seasoning to taste and a pig's trotter too if you've got one - just bung it in whole as it makes the liquor delightfully 'sticky'.  Add the chourico and carrots half way through the cooking time and chopped flat-leaved parsley towards the end. Include some squash pieces or potato pieces to 'mush down' during the cooking for a thicker liquor if desired. Alternatively wizz up some of the beans at the end and stir these into the 'stew'.
Serve with rice to soak up the gravy.

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Daisy's recipe works a treat on an oyster cut as well.     Cheers,   Tony.