Insider Food's video: How English Black Ham Is Made Using A 200-Year-Old Recipe Regional Eats

Suffolk black ham gets its black crust from its curing process, using molasses, brown sugar, and a local black porter. Soaking the ham in this sweet marinade doesn't just turn it black; it helps balance the flavors of the ham and breaks away from the salty flavors of hams that are dry-cured using only salt. The whole process takes 10 weeks, in which the ham is first dry-cured, then marinated, and then smoked. We visited Emmett's in Suffolk, England, where the ham has been made for 200 years. For more, visit: https://www.emmettsham.co.uk/ MORE FOOD INSIDER VIDEOS How Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Is Made In Greece | Regional Eats https://youtu.be/l4GrYUUcQG0 How Traditional Greek Bougatsa Phyllo Pastry Is Made | Regional Eats https://youtu.be/heDQQh7Xab8 US vs UK vs Japan Christmas Edition | Food Wars https://youtu.be/ruBsVxYlTj4 ------------------------------------------------------ Insider is great journalism about what passionate people actually want to know. That’s everything from news to food, celebrity to science, politics to sports and all the rest. It’s smart. It’s fearless. It’s fun. We push the boundaries of digital storytelling. Our mission is to inform and inspire. Subscribe to our channel and visit us at: https://www.insider.com Food Insider on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/foodinsider/ Food Insider on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisinsiderfood/ Food Insider on Twitter: https://twitter.com/InsiderFood Insider on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Insider/2708030621 Food Wars on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Food_Wars/9045577297 Insider on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@insider How English Black Ham Is Made Using A 200-Year-Old Recipe | Regional Eats