DH has talked me into getting a joint of gammon for Christmas lunch ...

[MoodySky]

What do I do with it? We already have a large chicken (no one is that keen on turkey), but I can't see how gammon "goes" with all the other stuff, particularly gravy!

Any tips/suggestions most welcome.

I love it with cranberry sauce

It's great as an addition. We usually simmer it with onion/cloves/celery/carrot then cut the fat off and use a maple glaze to roast it for 20 mins or so. You can also the. Use it as a cold meat for meals afterwards.

We have gammon , great as a roast dinner and always loads left over for the following days.

I’m sure there’s a coke and JD recipe, google it

We have the big ham joint on Boxing Day. This idea of two different meats at the main meal is weird to me.

@ThroughThickAndThin01

It’s a amazing cooked in coke. Amazing. I use nigellas recipe.

Me too - it’s delicious!

Stupid question as I've got a gammon joint for the slow cooker. The mustard and honey sounds nice , could I use English mustard or does it need to be whole grain?

We always have a gammon and a turkey at Christmas.

Do you have a slow cooker? I put the gammon in on Christmas Eve in the slow cooker with a tin of pineapple chunks in juice and a glass of apple juice. Leave on low all day. Do not eat the pineapple as it absorbs the salt but the pineapple and apple.juice.make it sweet and lovely

We always have gammon, lamb and turkey. Turkey because it's traditional and I like making curry and pie with the leftovers. Gammon again traditional but also goes well cold with cheese or in sandwiches and keeps well. Tend to freeze the ends/chunks that's don't slice and chop it up into a maceroni cheese.
Lamb because DH likes it and it makes a nice gravy. Then it's lovely warmed up on boxing day with bubble and squeak.

We started the 3 meats thing when we used to host for Christmas and now it's just what we do, even though only 4 of the 5 of us at home will eat them (DD has chicken nuggets and pesto past for her Christmas lunch, she hates roasts!).
It sounds like a lot of work, but DH usually does the lamb and I do the ham the day before in the slow cooker. Leftovers keep us going for about a week after!

This year I'll probably slow cook the gammon/ham (may try the cider suggestion, can't bring myself to use Cola as I hate the stuff) on Christmas eve (or rather, tell DH to do it while I'm at work!) and then glaze it in the oven, chill it and slice it.

@DappledThings

We have the big ham joint on Boxing Day. This idea of two different meats at the main meal is weird to me.

Nothing weird we used to have 4!

We often have turkey & gammon or chicken & gammon, goes well together.

Soak it overnight to draw out the salt. Then stick it in the slow cooker with a bottle of Coke.

I think gammon / hot ham goes well with poultry in the same salty way that pigs in blankets do.

It also goes well with fruity / acidic things like the cranberry sauce and red cabbage. And creamy nutty things like bread sauce and stuffing, and cauliflower cheese if you have that.

Gammon goes better with chicken than with beef, IMO.

🤦‍♀️ I didn’t want gammon this year until I saw this thread.

We usually have gammon, here it’s not as popular for lunch as the turkey but very popular for leftovers! Love it with a honey mustard glaze.

OMG I need coke coked gammon now it's so good especially with molasses on as well.

@StucklnAMuumuuCantGetOutOflt

Course it does - it's an option with beef and turkey at our local carvery. Alternatively, I have done it before with peas and potato dauphinoise, no gravy. Have also had with pineapple, egg and roast tatties and mushroom-onion-courgette mix. But at the carvery, we add it to the other meat and chuck gravy all over it. No different to having gravy on your piggies in blankets.

I beg you OP, do not take inspiration for Christmas lunch from a local carvery.. 🤦‍♀️

No, it won’t go with Christmas lunch, but you could cook it in advance and have in for sandwiches in the evening, and then as cold cuts with the turkey on Boxing Day - or save it till boxing day and have it hot (possibly cracking out the retro Nigella coke receipe) either would be lovely.

I usually boil it on about 23rd cover with water and bring to the boil. Strain the water out and then put it back in the pan either with cider or water and cloves and boil it for a couple of hours. Once its cool wrap in foil and keep in fridge. Put it (still wrapped in foil) in the bottom of the oven for about an hour before Christmas lunch.

Cold gammon and turkey in a sandwich on boxing day is yummy.....

Beef and gammon here. Dh takes the skin off, scores it, and covers it in marmalade, brown sugar and cloves, then roasts.

We have a Turkey and a gammon every year! It does go with gravy. My DP boils it then sticks cloves in it, smothers it in honey and then roasts it. Bloody delicious 😋

I usually do gammon with dauphinoise potatoes and green beans. Mustard on the side. I boil it in Coca Cola and towards the end I slather honey on it.

@stayingaliveisawayoflife

Gammon and parsley sauce! Has to be done. This is usually Christmas Eve meal with left overs on Boxing Day.

One of my very favourite meals. With lots of green veg, and mashed potatoes.

I don’t think gammon goes with gravy either and we have our Christmas ham on a different day. Baked or hasselback potatoes and leeks in cheese sauce. Then cold with bubble and squeak or chips and coleslaw.

I soak mine in water overnight.

Slow cooker with original Coka Cola and finish with a mustard and honey glacé in the over for about 30 minutes.

Wonderful hot and cold.

We do gammon with baked potatoes and cauliflower cheese on Christmas Eve. Then you can have the leftovers cold on Christmas Day evening for sandwiches :)