The recipe for ham in the oven

If you suddenly received a call from friends and asked to come to dinner (probably they have a very important reason for this!), The first thing that comes to mind about "what will I feed them?" It is such a simple and as a matter of fact quite festive dish, like baked ham. In addition, they can be prepared immediately with potatoes and do not bother separately with garnish. The recipe for ham in the oven is so simple that even a man who can only overcome him in the kitchen appears to ask his wife when dinner will be served.

How to cook a whole leg in an oven?

The simplest recipe for ham in the oven will require the following ingredients:

- Legs fresh or freshly frozen (3-4 pcs.)

- potatoes 6-8 pieces. medium size

- 4 cloves garlic

- mayonnaise 100 g.

- spices, salt to taste

- sunflower oil 1 tbsp.

- cheese hard 100 g.

Firstly, the whole leg, if frozen, should be thawed. This can be done in several ways. The easiest and fastest is a defrost in the microwave oven. But, if you do not have it, you can use the old grandfather's method and pour the ice cubes with warm water and leave them on the floor for an hour. When they can already be separated from each other, you can start cooking.

We cut the whole leg in half, that is, on the thigh and lower leg, simply because they are more compactly placed on the baking sheet, and there are more convenient for them.

Well we wash them, put them in a deep bowl, and then rub each piece with salt, black pepper and spices. Squeeze out the same garlic through garlic crock, add mayonnaise, covering them from all sides. On this process is suspended for an hour and a half to ensure that the stump is blotted out. Do not necessarily send them to the refrigerator, you can leave it in the kitchen. And at this time to do potatoes. Peel the potatoes and cut into slices. The circles should not be so thin that they do not burn in the oven, about one centimeter in thickness. Too them to salt and cover with vegetable oil, uninspired.

When the whole leg is faded (or the guests are already on the way), we take a baking sheet, grease it with vegetable oil, put a whole leg on it, put potatoes around them and put all this in a 200-degree oven. Periodically watch that our chicken is not burnt. When the stalk begins to be covered with a brown brown crust, it is necessary to check them for the degree of readiness. This is done in the following way: a toothpick is pierced with meat, if a clear clear liquid flows, then they are almost ready. If the liquid is pink, you need to wait.

Next step, we sprinkle the whole dish with grated cheese and put for another 15 minutes in the oven 180 degrees, so that the cheese has cooked meat and potatoes.

In the end, in just an hour and a half you get a very tasty dish, making a minimum of effort to prepare it.

There is another recipe for hams in the oven, for example, a leg in the sleeve. The way of marinating a chicken is the same, the difference is that instead of baking you lay the meat and potatoes in a sleeve for baking. Here it is necessary to take into account the fact that meat will be steamed, and not baked, so at the end of cooking it is necessary to cut the sleeve at the top of it so that a crispy, appetizing crust appears.

Ways of marinating a chicken are also large, including, if you do not like mayonnaise, you can include your imagination and come up with your own recipe for pickling the legs, for example, add white wine or wine vinegar, or beer, as an option.

Whichever recipe for ham in the oven you choose, the meat will turn out delicious and juicy. And your friends will be delighted that your husband can cook such a yummy (if you, of course, manage to persuade him to unfreeze and marinate the whole leg before you come home).