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Ingredients
- 1.5-2 kg Unsmoked gammon joint Approx - leave the string or elasticated net on
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/8 tsp Ground Black Pepper
- 2 carrots peeled and roughly chopped
- 2 sticks Celery chopped roughly
- 1 Red Onion peeled and chopped roughly
- 2 Bay Leaves optional
- 2 litres Cola
- 100 g Brown Sugar
- 1 heaped tbsp Melted butter
- 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder
- Large pinch of fine sea salt
- Salt and Pepper
- Veg oil
Vegetables
- 1 1 small red cabbage (1st layer of outer red cabbage removed, white core removed) thinly shredded
- 1 Red Onion finely sliced
- 2 Granny smith apples or 1 bramley apple (peeled, cored and sliced)
- 5 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
- 5 tbsp Brown Sugar
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 1 Large pinch of cinnamon
- 200 ml Water Approx
- 500 g Baby Potatoes boiled
- Fresh Parsley finely chopped
- 50 g 50g butter melted
- 2 cloves Minced garlic
Cooking Instructions
- Gammon – In a pot add in the gammon in a snug fitting pot with a lid, the onions, carrots and celery and bay leaves (if you have them) and then put the gammon on top. Then add in all the cola. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to a low simmer. Simmer in the pot for 1.5 hours and then flip the gammon over and simmer for another 1.5 hours.
- Preheat oven at 220C at the 3 hour cooking mark.
- Remove the gammon from the pot and remove the string/elasticated net and set on a baking tin (you can line it with baking parchment to save you on scrubbing later). Now mix together the sugar, melted butter and cinnamon and salt to make a paste. Remove the rind with a sharp knife leaving a couple of millimetres of fat on top. With a knife score the fat in a diamond shape and pack a thin layer of the butter sugar paste to it. Bake in the oven for about 20 min until the sugar paste is browned and caramelised.
- Red Cabbage – In a large saucepan, add in the butter and onions and sweat down for about 5 minutes. Then add in the apple and cabbage and then the sugar and vinegar and toss. Then add the water. Now slowly simmer with a lid on for an hour, checking and stirring occasionally. If it has started to dry out add another big splash of water. Once the red cabbage is braised to your taste, taste and add salt and pepper if you want. Add a big dollop of butter and mix through so it becomes glistening.
- Baby potatoes – boil the potatoes in a pot of salted water until cooked through (check with a skewer), then drain and place the potatoes back into the pot. Add the butter, garlic and pinch of salt and pepper in a pan and toss through the potatoes. Then sprinkle with parsley. Now everything is ready to serve and adding some cranberry sauce will make it delicious.