Pressing mold for holding and pressing foodstuff, such as ham pieces, while they are being cooked, and a method of cooking the foodstuff

A pressing mold for receiving and pressing a foodstuff, such as ham pieces, as it is being cooked, the foodstuff being hermetically sealed in a main pouch of a wrap including at least one secondary pouch laterally displaced from the main pouch, the wrap including a segment between the main and secondary pouches including a passage arrangement between the main and secondary pouches for enabling exudate expelled from the foodstuff during cooking and pressing to flow laterally from the main pouch to the secondary pouch during the cooking and pressing, said mold comprising a cover for pressing said foodstuff in the main pouch during cooking and for enabling the foodstuff to expel the exudate, at least one transverse wall inside the mold bounding a main volume for receiving the main pouch, at least one secondary volume for receiving the lateral pouch, the at least one transverse wall having an upper edge arranged so a space is subtended between the upper edge and said cover in a manner to prevent pinching of the passage arrangement in the wrapper segment between the main pouch and the at least one lateral pouch situated above the corresponding partition.