»Back to Main Dishes
Ham comes in a variety of forms. It is cut of pork, but can be confusing with all it's variations. There are fresh hams which refer to a cut of pork and it is not typically cured or smoked. Then there are cured or smoked or both types of ham. If purchasing a ham, you'll most often find them in two separate cuts; shank or butt. The shank is the lower portion and the butt is the upper portion. Also, there are canned ham, which is chopped and pressed into various shapes using a variety of the parts of the ham.
Not the recipe you want? Enter an ingredient in the box below: