Category: Instant Pot

Piquant Pot-Roast Brisket (Instant Pot)

I never found roasting beef very easy – more often than not it comes out dry and grey whilst making the whole house smell of dripping – but a slow cooked “pot roast” somehow just works, with the added bonus that, because cheaper cuts of meat like brisket cook best this way, you don’t have to remortgage to produce an amazing “Sunday Roast” with a ton of amazing leftovers*.

It is even easier in an Instant Pot and much quicker (which is great if, like me, you can’t even think about lunch at the weekend until you’ve had at least 2 leisurely cups of coffee!) but just as tender and tasty.

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Homecooked Ham (Instant Pot)

Gammon (or “Hot Ham” as it was always known at home) is not just for Christmas.

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Two things which help save my sanity when it comes to cooking for my family are meal planning and factoring in “leftovers” (and I don’t just mean making a “what you can find” meal from scraps, I mean cooking more than you need in anticipation of using it later).  This is particularly useful when following a restrictive diet like AIP as food preparation can become a serious burden.

Cooking a Gammon (the raw ham joint – cured and/or smoked) definitely ticks these boxes – delicious hot main meal AND delicious cold ham for several days after (AND if there’s any left over after all that, it freezes well and there are innumerable dishes which can only benefit from the addition of a little chopped ham) – and if you’re careful about the Gammon you buy, you can be sure it isn’t more chemical preservative than meat (something AIPers know to be wary of with Deli meat). Continue reading “Homecooked Ham (Instant Pot)” →