Cooking with alcohol help

[85poundsandcounting]

I don't know if I've put this request in the right place, but I plan to cook a gammon, in some cider (probably, if I can work this out). I don't know how to syn this, however, as I won't actually be consuming the cider.

When I've put wine into a dish, I know I'm consuming it so I syn it. But I'm not sure about this, as I only want to give the stock some flavour.

Thanks V much!

 

[bilsat]

Why not cook it in Diet Coke, syn free!


Pete’s Diet Coke Boiling Bacon



Piece of boiling bacon
2 Ltr bottle of Diet Coke
Old saucepan


Cooking with Diet Coke may sound weird but believe me it works.

The Coke appears to draw out all the salt and other ingredients used in preparing the bacon and giving it a dark rich colour and flavour.

Don’t worry about the colour of the cooked Coke, it will look horrible but you will be throwing it away.
Your saucepan will look terrible but it will wash up ok, just don’t use your best pan.



Weight the bacon joint to work out the cooking time.
20 mins per 1lb + 20 mins
Use an old pan if possible as it gets messy
Put joint into pan and cover in Diet Coke

Bring to the boil; keep an eye on it so that it doesn’t boil over, very messy!
Turn down heat and allow to simmer.
Keep the joint covered with coke.

The joint is cooked when you can push a skewer through the thickest part of the joint.
Remove and THROW AWAY the Coke, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRINK THE COKE!

Add to drain and cool on a sloping drip tray.

Enjoy!

You will never cook a bacon joint any other way after tasting this……..

 

[85poundsandcounting]

Well, thanks, but I already know how to syn that
I'll just have to guess, thanks for responding anyway.