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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
Gor salty – and 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.
MAPLE-GLAZED GAMMON WITH
Important note: Start with a 4kg ready-cooked PICCALILLI
gammon (preferably bone-in). Place it in boiling
water for 10 to 20 minutes, depending on the Score the fat on the gammon in a diamond-
size, to warm it through and so you can remove shaped grid and stud each diamond with
the skin (if it’s still on). The rest is a cinch. a clove. Mix 1 cup of orange marmalade,
4 tablespoons of chopped, crystalised 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.

MAPLE SYRUP AND BLUEBERRY-GLAZED
GAMMON WITH ROAST SHALLOTS AND FIGS

Make a glaze with 370g fresh blueberries, 5 tablespoons
of dark brown sugar, 1 vanilla pod (split), 2 tablespoons
of water and 250ml of maple syrup. Cook for 1 or 2
minutes until the blueberries start to burst. Brush the
gammon with half of the glaze and roast at 180°C for
20 minutes. Add some peeled shallots tossed in butter,
sugar, olive oil, salt and pepper to the roasting pan and
roast for another 20 minutes. Add some fresh figs and
blueberries, drizzle over the remaining glaze and roast
for a final 20 minutes.

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