Tangy Ham Cabbage And Potatoes Recipes

HAM, POTATO, AND CABBAGE STEW

Steps:

• Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion and cook until it begins to turn clear, 2 to 5 minutes. Stir in carrots and garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Stir in cabbage, ham, and potatoes, then add stock, pepper, mustard, and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring occasionally, until cabbage is tender and potatoes are cooked, about 20 minutes.

DOT'S HAM, CABBAGE, AND POTATOES

Steps:

• Place smoked pork butt in a 6-quart pot with enough water to cover; season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 1 hour.
• Stir in potatoes and cabbage. Simmer until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Remove pork from soup and cut into quarters; return pork to pot until ready to serve. Season with more salt and pepper, if needed.

CLASSIC CABBAGE WITH HAM AND POTATOES

Steps:

• Cut cabbage head in half and pop out core.
• Clean potatoes, no need to peel, but do use a dish sponge scratchy side to scrub them really well--cut off any bad black spots. Cut in half.
• Place cabbage on bottom, then top with potatoes.
• Toss in one left over ham, bone and all (or just the few pounds of ham you've purchased for this recipe -- I can say that you almost cannot have too much ham! But, it's all got to fit in your pot! LOL!). You do not have to cut it up. I see so many recipes where they are cutting the meat off the bone in neat little cubes and adding them to the pot. That is craziness! Firstly, the bone has a LOT of flavor and secondly, why work when the steam causes it to fall off the bone? I like to just toss in the entire ham, with whatever is leftover from our meal. When the dish is ready it will literally just fall off the bone at the time of serving. That is the beauty of this dish -- easy peasy!
• It's ok to just squeeze in all the ingredients the best you can. You will be cooking at extremely low heat for a very long time, it will all be fine.
• Salt and pepper to taste -- or do like I prefer to do and add nothing until it is plated. The ham is salty so it is very easy to over salt this dish. Be careful.
• A crock pot is perhaps the best way to make this meal the first time around, however I have made it on the stove top with the heat set to the lowest setting for the past 30 years. I like to use the stove because I have a pot far larger than the crock. It's up to you. If using a crock pot, use the medium setting all day long (depending -- if you have a crappy crock, you may need to set it on high -- you know what you have). On stove, cook at lowest possible setting all day. This is the perfect meal to set up before going to work -- when you get home dinner is ready!
• I just want to make a point of saying that NO water is required. You may have a hard time believing this. My mother certainly does and has ruined many pots as she will dump a tall glass (or 2) of water in when I'm not looking. Unfortunately you then wind up with a pot of water with ham, cabbage and potatoes swimming around begging to be rescued--and you lose a ton of flavor. DO NOT ADD WATER. Please trust me. There will be plenty of juice from the cabbage. So much so that you will most likely throw it out (though I like to use it as broth to pour over the dogs' dry food).
• So, quick recap -- just clean everything and squeeze it all into you pot or crock. For stove top, cook at lowest setting all day long, crock -- go for medium.

TANGY HAM, CABBAGE AND POTATOES

Steps:

• 1. Brown ham lightly in heavy pan or dutch oven.
• 2. Coarsely shred cabbage with knife. Add to ham with potato cubes, seasonings and vinegar.
• 3. Cover tightly. Cook over low heat one to one and 1/2 hours. Stir lightly after 1/2 hour of cooking.
• 4. You need a container with a tight fitting lid, otherwise it may burn. You may add more ham than the recipe calls for, and I add the higher amount of vinegar.

HEARTY CABBAGE AND HAM SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add celery, onion, and carrot. Saute for 4 minutes. Stir in flour and cook 1 minute more.
• Add cabbage, broth, ham, potatoes, parsley, thyme, marjoram, and ground pepper. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, reduce heat, and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 30 minutes.
• Stir in peas and cook for 10 minutes. Ladle into bowls and serve.

SAVOY CABBAGE WITH POTATOES

Steps:

• Peel potatoes and cut into 1/2-inch chunks. Cut cabbage into large squares or strips.
• Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add potatoes, cover, and steam until tender, about 15 minutes. Remove to a bowl and cover to keep warm.
• Add more water to the saucepan if necessary and return to a boil. Place cabbage in the steamer insert, cover, and steam until tender, 5 to 10 minutes.
• While the cabbage is cooking, melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat; simmer, stirring frequently, until butter is browned, fragrant, and foamy, with brown bits in it, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Add cabbage to the potatoes. Add browned butter, Taleggio cheese, Parmesan cheese, and sage; toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper.

POTATO CABBAGE SOUP WITH HAM

Steps:

• Peel potatoes and cut them into 1/4" dice. Cut carrots into 1/4" dice. Coarsely chop scallions. Cut ham into 1/4" dice. Shred cabbage.
• In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat until hot but not smoking. Add potatoes, carrots and scallions and saute until scallions are wilted, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in flour and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
• Add cabbage, water, broth, dill and pepper, and bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Just before serving, gently mash vegetables with a potato masher to thicken liquid if desired. Stir in the ham. .
• (Notes: I don't mash the potatos because I prefer potato soup that way, and it is already pretty thick for me. I also have used chicken bullion and water to make the broth called for, and it has worked fine for me.).