Name: Gammon
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 4 tbsp grainy Dijon mustard; 2 apples, cut into quarters; 1 gammon, about 2 kg; 2 star anise; 5 all-spice cloves; 4 tbsp runny honey; 2 carrots, cut in half crosswise; 2 onions, cut into quarters

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Week in the Kitchen

By Karen Dudley

Published 2012

About

Gammon is a pleasure to serve the whole year through. Slice as thinly as possible with a sharp slicer or carving knife. We glaze our gammons with our honey mustard mix but you could experiment with any sweet sticky business: mustard and marmalade, cranberry, sticky brown sugar and English mustard.

Ingredients

1 gammon, about 2 kg
2 onions, cut into quarters
2

Method

Cover the gammon with water and add all the ingredients. Boil according to instructions on the package, usually 45 minutes to an hour. Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Remove the gammon from the water and allow to rest. When cool enough to handle, slip the surrounding net off the gam