It’s Christmas Eve! Aside from the usual excitement for gifts that we’ll be giving and receiving, another highlight of the Filipino Christmas eve is the Christmas Noche Buena. And this year, we’ll be having a CDO Holiday Ham on our table tonight.
Christmas Ham
I always look forward to the Noche Buena because, aside from Buena Noche, it’s actually a rare opportunity to eat a full meal during midnight with the whole family.
Although, we’re not having a Lechon pizza, we do include the traditional ham in our Noche Buena set but it’s usually just the regular ham.
Last month, I got invited by CDO on their media event of CDO Holiday Whole Meat Premium-Cut Ham. Chef Rob Pecson also joined us and demonstrated how to come up with salads and Christmas dishes using the CDO Holiday Ham.
Christmas Ham Dishes
Ham Salad and Ingredients
Check out Chef Rob Pecson‘s episode 1 video on ‘10 Ways for the Holidays with Chef Rob Pengson‘
CDO Holiday Ham
It also gave me the opportunity to know more about Christmas hams and what makes CDO hams different from the others in the market. While there are a number of meat brands we are familiar with, CDO Holiday Ham’s premium-cut ham has:
– no extenders
– high-quality smoked ham
– one whole boneless meat from the hind leg
Chef Rob Pecson and the CDO Holiday Ham
It turns out that meat from the hind leg is the best cut of pork for hams, is tastier, and meatier.
Furthermore, the net marks of CDO Holiday Ham means they are whole-meat hams because only whole meat hams can be smoked in ham nets. Otherwise, pieces would fall off.
It would also be best to consume the whole ham in a few days after the ham has been opened; even if kept in the freezer.
Learn more about Holiday Ham on their website at http://holidayham.com.ph. ‘Like’ them on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/HolidayHam.