Bea's New England Boiled Dinner Recipe

"New England boiled dinner is often made with a smoked ham shoulder, and that's the way we always had it at my house growing up. The flavor is incredible and makes for a DELICIOUS meal! Some people like their vegetables firm and some like them soft and tender, so cook your veggies accordingly. The cooking time for this particular recipe is 4 hrs. for an 8 lb. ham, or 5 hrs. for a 10 lb. ham. Another way of cooking veggies is, wait until ham is cooked and removed from water, then cook your veggies in the water in the kettle to the desired doneness. Sometimes I use boneless ham and add fresh turnip and beets, just like in the photo I posted. Yummy!!"

Original is 8 servings

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Ingredients

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8 to 10 pounds whole smoked ham, shoulder (any size I use and 8-10 pound ham for this amount of vegetables and cook 4-5 hours)
3 onions, peeled (left whole)
1 to 2 cabbage heads, each cut into 6 wedges
8 large potatoes, peeled and cut in half

1 pound carrots, peeled, and cut in half
1 small turnip, peeled (cut into large chunks about 2x2 inches) optional
3 to 4 large beets, cut into quarters (washed, optional)

Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (915.7 g)
Calories 841.9
Total Fat - 38.8 g
Saturated Fat - 12.4 g
Cholesterol - 240.4 mg
Sodium - 5910.1 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 33.6 g
Dietary Fiber - 7.3 g
Sugars - 14.5 g
Protein - 87.2 g
Calcium - 138 mg
Iron - 5.8 mg
Vitamin C - 54.5 mg
Thiamin - 4.2 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Place ham in a large dutch oven style kettle.

Step 2

Cover with cold water, and fill to about 2 inches above top of ham. Cover kettle, and bring to a boil using high heat.

Step 3

Turn down to medium-high and let boil a few minutes, then drain water, and refill with water 2 inches above ham, and bring to a boil again over high heat. This method is used to make the ham less salty. (Or you may refrigerate ham overnight in water, and change water several times before cooking instead).