What to serve with Gammon

[Lorelai]

My parents and sister are coming round for dinner on Christmas Eve - normally we we would go to them but it is too difficult with small people who need to be in bed, so I invited them here.

Tradition dictates gammon for dinner; I am a vegetarian but they still want gammon so are bringing one round. So, I really just need to worry about side dishes. I want to do something special but don't know what. Any ideas?

There are a few considerations; I am a good cook, but have a 3 yr old and a 3 week old and DH will be at work all day, so will need something that I can prepare in stages through the day when I get some time. Also my sister is ridiculously fussy so whatever else I am cooking will need peas, sweetcorn or carrots as they are they only veg she will eat. I would quite like dauphinoise potatoes; are they easy to prepare? Do they go with gammon?

I was going to suggest dauphinoise!

Last year I did gammon, dauphinoise, green beans andDelia's cumberland sauce and it went down very well.

Chips and egg. Classic feast!

What is the Cumberland sauce? I have a couple of Delia books, might see if I have that recipe. Can I make the dauphinoise in advance?

Is this a honey glazed type of gammon?
If so I'd serve it with a mustard sauce, boiled spuds and braised cabbage.

Don't forget the tinned pineapple rings.

Dauphinoise are dead easy and I have made in the morning and reheated later with no problems. Boulangere potatoes are good too and reheat well. Red cabbage is lovely with gammon.

Leaks in white sauce, honey carrots, mash

I've got a nice recipe for mint and watercress sauce, then you could just have baby potatoes and leeks sound lovely idea.

www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/sauce/cumberland-sauce.html
She suggest servign it cold but I served it warm and it was lovely.