Ham and Parsley Terrine

Jambon Persillé

Preparation info
  • Makes

    12

    First-Course Servings )
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Glorious French Food

By James Peterson

Published 2002

  • About

While no two versions are exactly the same, jambon persillé is cooked ham that’s been layered in a terrine with chopped parsley and the gelatinous poaching liquid used for cooking the ham. Depending on whose recipe you follow, the terrine may consist of pieces of ham suspended in gelée or contain very little gelée at all, just enough to hold the terrine together.

An exact recipe for jambon persillé is hard to give because ham is one of the few things that aren’t made the same way in