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FESTIVE RECIPES
Christmas
Gammon
"If there's one time of the year in particular
which makes you think of gammon, and
succulent cuts of ham,
it has to be Christmas."
ammon can be paired with a number of
delicious flavours - sweet, tangy or salty -
Gand serves as the perfect complement to
the traditional turkey and other favourite festive
side dishes. Plus, if you have any gammon left
over after your Christmas dinner, you can easily
use it up, thinly sliced, for anytime sandwiches
after all that merry-making excess!
One gammon, prepared four ways
If you’re trying to decide which gammon recipe to
use this Christmas, relax. One of these will be a
guaranteed hit.
Important note: Start with a 4kg ready-cooked
gammon (preferably bone-in). Place it in boiling
water for 10 to 20 minutes depending on the
size, to warm it through and so you can remove
the skin (if it’s still on). The rest is a cinch.
2 16
DPL
MAPLE-GLAZED
GAMMON WITH
PICCALILLI
Score the fat on the gammon in
a diamond-shaped grid and stud
each diamond with a clove.
Mix 1 cup of orange marmalade,
4 tablespoons of chopped,
crystallised ginger and 1 cup of
maple syrup in a small saucepan
with a little water, bring to the boil
and reduce.
Roast the gammon for 15 minutes
at 180°C and then drizzle over
half the glaze. (Make sure the
glaze covers the whole top of the
gammon).
Continue to roast the gammon
for another 40 minutes, basting
with the remaining glaze every
20 minutes. Serve with piccalilli.