Lavender and Cider Baked Ham

Name: Lavender and Cider Baked Ham
Ingredients: 30 cloves and 12 lavender flowers; 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1 tablespoon English grain mustard; 2 tablespoons lavender vinegar; 3 tablespoons lavender honey; 500 g/1 lb onions, quartered; 8–10 lavender stalks, in bud or flower; a whole uncooked ham on the bone, 4–5 kg/8–10 lb; 30 cloves and 12 lavender flowers

Preparation info

serves
12
with generous leftovers

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Scented Kitchen

By Frances Bissell

Published 2012

About

This is a lovely dish for a summer lunch, a feast for carnivorous friends.

Ingredients

a whole uncooked ham on the bone, 4–5 kg/8–10 lb
8–10 lavender

Lunch
Gluten-free
Summer

Method

Mix the glaze ingredients first. The quantities given here are guidelines only, to give an idea of the proportions. Rub some of the glaze on the ham before cooking it.

Wrap the ham in a triple thickness of buttered foil, on a bed of quartered onions and with a few lavender stalks tucked around it. Place in a roasting tin and bake for 4 hours in an oven pre-heated to