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

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

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

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