Best Gammon EVER

[Marshmallowbrain]

What are your fail proof, best gammon you've ever had in your life recipes?

I think simple is best. Boil it first until it's cooked. Then cut most of the fat off, leaving a layer that you then cut with a knife in a diamond pattern.

Mix brown sugar with english mustard and spread it all over the top of the gammon then cook it in a hot oven for 30-45 minutes or so until crisped up.

Nigella recipe with coke

Main things - once you’ve cooked it, let it rest for ages and ages. If you slice it just after its come out the oven, it gets a lot drier.

https://www.tamingtwins.com/slow-cooker-ham/ We prefer this to Nigella’s now!

We bring to boil in water with onion, herb etc. Tip away. Boil in ginger beer. Take skin off and score. Cloves, marmalade and Dijon mustard. Roast.
Serve with mash, peas/carrots and parsley sauce! The best Ham night in the world!!

I managed to ruin gammon last year as it was completely dry. Do you buy from butchers or somewhere else?

How did you cook it?

put in cold water, bring to boil, leave for 20 mins. Pour the water out and put it back in the pan with onion, carrot, celery, bay leaves, apples and either cider or ginger beer. Simmer for 20 mins per 450g. Drain, remove fat, smear in maple syrup and whole grain mustard, roast for 30 mins, basting occasionally. (Cover with foil if syrup starts to burn) Rest for 20 mins.

Cook it with cider seasoned with bay leaf, onions, carrots and plenty of black pepper. We usually remove the fat and skin and eat it just like that.

Keep the cooking liquid and add some red lentils and cook for 20 minutes and then cool and blitz for the best lentil soup ever

Another nigella gammon in coke recipe fan!

I'm salivating.

Glad I asked as I would have just scored the fat without cutting it down first.

We do a maple mustard one. Cook it in plain water (we use an Instant pot) take off the fat as it has served its purpose. Now this is the controversial bit but I slice it up at this point then in a double tin foil lined dish I pour in a little of the maple mustard glaze (maple syrup, wholegrain mustard, red wine vinegar, brown sugar) then put a layer of ham, some more glaze, then ham. As much as I appreciate the whole glaze on top I really just want more of it. So it has a light bath in the glaze, not soaked but a little to each slice so it isn't just on the top.

It gets served again as left overs in hot part baked bread with a little pot of the glaze to dip your mini pain in.

This is genius

Christ 🤤 keen for ALL the glaze - this sound epic!

@Marshmallowbrain @Margaritawithlime it is the perfect mix (for us) of sweet and hot and it feels decadent when I make it too. I just see the glaze like I would gravy, I happily pour gravy over my Christmas dinner so this feels similar and we have it before Christmas.

I did used to just put the glaze on the top and then had the glaze in a jug on the table. The next step was cutting half way down the ham like a hasselback and glazing that whilst fanning out the slices then the next year I just went sod it and sliced the whole thing. It has developed over 15 years to this perfection.

You are a twisted genius and I thank you for your service.

Suddenly very hungry.

Boil in full sugar Coke with 3 cinnamon sticks, 3 star anise, a few cloves until 30 minutes before cooked. Remove most of fat and score. Skewer in several places then pour over maple syrup so it cover the fat and drips down the skewer holes. Roast for 30 minutes or until the fat crisps and the syrup caramelises. Let it sit before slicing.

I boil mine in cider with cloves, a halved onion, peppercorns and some orange slices, mainly because it makes the most frickin amazing stock. I actually don't think the boiling liquid makes a difference to the ham.

Nigella 🫶🏻

Boil the gammon for 5 mins, get ride of the water.

Place the joint in the slow cooker with full fat coke, an onion chopped in half, a few bay leaves and a couple of star anise.

Low and slow for about 8 hours.

Your house will smell just like Christmas, and the gammon just falls apart and has a stunning, subtle festive flavour.

Gordon’s is our fave www.gordonramsayrestaurants.com/recipes/honey-glazed-ham/amp

Nigella cherry coke ham is the best.

Soak in cold water for at least 24 hours to get rid of excess salt change at least 3 times.

Boil until cooked and then cover with a honey, mustard and orange juice and roast for at least 60 mins and base every 15 mins. Once caramelised use a corn flour slurry to thicken leftover sauce.

Follow Nigella's coca cola gammon but with pineapple juice instead of coke. Absolutely amazing

I roast mine in a 'tent' of silver foil and half an hour before it's fully cooked I
remove skin,
score in a criss cross pattern in the fat
Put a clove into each diamond
Slather on English mustard and sprinkle on demerara sugar
Put back in oven for 30 mins
Try not to eat it red hot out of the oven 😀

Boil it with an onion, a couple of bay leaves and some cloves.

I hate anything sweet so take the skin off and risk it up, glaze with some mustard and stick it in the oven.

It's better simple imo.