Homemade Pork Ham (Shunka)
A Bulgarian-style homemade pressed pork ham cooked in the Instant Pot on the trivet using the Slow Cook Less mode.
Ingredients
| 1 kg | pork (shoulder or leg), part lean, part fatty | |
| 2 tsp | 10 ml | salt |
| 3 cloves | garlic | |
| — | black pepper |
Instructions
Recipe source: https://boutiquedekristina.com/2018/11/22/домашна-шунка-от-свинско/
Cook's note: I set it on Slow cook Less mode for 3 hours with water in the bottom, on the trivet; that time and temperature came closest to the description.
(Method reconstructed — classic proportions, as the source gives only the cook's note above.)
- Cut the pork into small pieces, mince the fatty trimmings, and mix the meat with salt, garlic and black pepper. Knead well until sticky and let it rest, covered, in the fridge for a few hours (or overnight) to bind.
- Pack the seasoned meat firmly into a ham press (шунковар) or a heatproof mould, pressing out air pockets.
- Place the trivet in the Instant Pot and pour water into the bottom. Set the mould on the trivet.
- Select Slow Cook on the Less setting and cook for about 3 hours, until the ham is set and cooked through.
- Remove, cool, then chill fully in the fridge under weight before unmoulding and slicing thinly.