A step-by-step guide to cooking the perfect ham

There are a few different types of ham out there, namely fresh hams (just raw pork leg), dry-cured hams or country hams (which are hung to dry, occasionally smoked, very salty and resemble prosciutto) and wet-cured hams or city hams (which are brined and also occasionally smoked). For today’s purposes, we’re talking about city hams, which are the ones overwhelmingly found at supermarkets and what most of us think of when we think of ham.