Pork cooked in Coca Cola

[OllieMartin]

I've found a couple of recipes on the internet, but wondered if any grapes have a tried-and-tested recipe they'd recommend.

I've got a 1.2Kg pork shoulder joint and plenty of cola.

[Glutton4...]

Had carrots cooked in Lemonade at Crimbo - weird! but tasty.

I think my MIL has done sommat like it before - twas tasty too!

[Hazel at the Hill]

Nigella does a gammon in coca cola - Seahorse came up with the recipe a couple of years ago for my mum. hang on, there should be a link round here somewhere....

[Rhona]

Yep my sis tried Nigella's ham cooked in coca cola a couple of years ago - she raved about it and keeps trying to get me to do it. I've never got around to it yet!

[Daz]

We do Nigella's ham quite often in fact we have probably drifted away from her recipe as we just add the spices that we like to the coke, I like lots of star anise in it.
well worth a try.

[Seahorse]

Oooh, yes, we love 'Ham in...' recipes here!

Here is the link to Nigella's recipes:

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...m-recipes.html

My fave is ham in cherry cola with cherry conserve as a glaze. We had it on Christmas Eve and I cooked plenty for sandwiches and soup afterwards... or thought I did

[RedThorn]

cocacola chicken, mutton chops, any meat you would put on a barby cooked in an oven tary with coke poured over it! tenderises the meat too

[Snadger]

I remember my son and his pal cooking something in coca cola at his pals restaurant. I thought they were just messing about until I learned it was a bona fida recipe. Can't remember what it was though!

[catbud]

Yeah I use Nigella's.

2 litre bottle of coke
1 onion (halved)
Put these on top of your ham joint.
Cook as per instructions on packet but think it is 1 hour for every kg.
Bring to boil and then cover and simmer.

Delicious with roasted carrots, parsnips, mash potato and yorkshires

[julesapple]

We've done this - it's an American thing. If it tenderises meat, just think what it does to your teeth & stomach Coke with an extra couple of tablespoons of molasses is good too. I usually take the skin off my gammon before tying it together with string, saves glazing it after cooking.

I've also got cake recipes for chocolate cake made with Coke and a white sponge cake made with 7Up. It makes a very fine textured sponge cake.

Jules

[northepaul]

We've done this - it's an American thing. If it tenderises meat, just think what it does to your teeth & stomach
Jules

My Dad uses coca cola to clean gold and silver jewellery - honest. It works really well too, but it makes you never want to drink it again!

[RedThorn]

Use it as a degreasing station for car parts etc. Works a treat

[ginger ninger]

Coca Cola...Yuk, if you want to know what it dose to meat, put a small uncooked piece of meat in some coca cola......it turns it BLACK , terrible stuff.

[Two_Sheds]

Coca Cola...Yuk, if you want to know what it dose to meat...

...look here

Coke doesn't stay in your stomach for two days though

[COMPOST CORNER]

Coca Cola...Yuk, if you want to know what it dose to meat, put a small uncooked piece of meat in some coca cola......it turns it BLACK , terrible stuff.

...look here

Coke doesn't stay in your stomach for two days though

And the acid in your stomach is far stronger than anything used by soft drink manufacturers. Cola is no worse than grapefruit juice IMO.