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Gammon as part of a roast dinner?

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Mynydd · 08/12/2018 12:26

Hi all, would you serve gammon with roasties and Yorkshire pudding etc etc?

We're having friends for dinner tomorrow and I have a large-ish smoked gammon joint from lidls. So nothing fancy. I normally simmer it with bay leaves and cloves and then serve it with chipsand egg one night, make pea and ham soup and use the rest for sandwiches. Could I roast it instead? And will it give off enough pan juices forgravy?

Thanks!

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HundredMilesAnHour · 08/12/2018 12:33

Gammon with roat potatoes and Yorkshire pudding and gravy? No. Definitely not. That's so so wrong.

Whereas gammon with chips is perfectly acceptable (although I'm not a gammon fan myself so would still be disappointed if friends served it for dinner).

Fatted · 08/12/2018 12:35

I do Gammon with a roast. Nothing wrong with it!!

You're not going to get enough juices for gravy though I would have thought. But I'm one of those people who use instant gravy anyway.

gruffalocake2 · 08/12/2018 12:35

I would serve it with jacket potatoes and salads for a lunch with friends. Or potato dauphinois/boulangere and green beans?

NothingOnTellyAgain · 08/12/2018 12:38

Gammon you can do with a sort of creamy sauce I think? Yes parsley sauce. That would be lush with roast spuds and green veg. I would have puds with it but I'll eat puds with everything :D

PR gammon green beans etc cauliflower cheese spuds? Maybe a bit carb heavy but could work.

I dont' think gravy will be good as gammon is salty, and gravy is salty.

Go classic do a creamy sauce.

PP suggestion of dauphinoise pots and green beans sounds very mice.

NothingOnTellyAgain · 08/12/2018 12:39

OR that should be not PR

Beamur · 08/12/2018 12:39

I love gammon as a roast. Although I probably wouldn't do Yorkshire puddings with it. Gravy might've be a bit salty so you might need to supplement it with something, or a traditional alternative sauce with gammon would be parsley (I.e white sauce with lots of chopped parsley)

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Mynydd · 08/12/2018 12:39

Hmmmm... it is indeed the contentious issue I thought it would be!

Potatoes daphinous however you spell it sounds good. Might try that

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Topsyloulou · 08/12/2018 12:40

I gammon for Boxing Day with mash, green beans, cheesy leeks & red cabbage. I personally wouldn't put gravy with gammon but I've seen it as a meat choice in a carvery.

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Mynydd · 08/12/2018 12:43

I wouldn't know how to start with a parsley sauce but I do have a big cauliflower! Gammon cauliflower cheese roast potatoes and veg??

Arggh I'm no good at this! Normally when people come over I make curry/ lasagne/ chili but I wanted to use what food we already have and avoid doing another shop this week!

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wildewillow · 08/12/2018 12:44

Gammon won't make gravy (and shouldn't be served with any!) but is perfectly acceptable in my house as a roast dinner. I'd do some roasties or boiled pots with a lovely thick parsley sauce to serve! And veg.

It's one of our favorites in our house!

NothingOnTellyAgain · 08/12/2018 12:45

Yes that would be lush as the cream will offset the salt of the gammon.

I think creaminess is the way forward then stuff like green beans / brocolli / spinach would be nice that sort of thing.

Yummy!

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Mynydd · 08/12/2018 12:45

Ooh I also have leeks and red cabbage in the veg box this week. Gammon, cheesey leeks/ cauliflower, red cabbage, roasties, and carrots?

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LisaSimpsonsbff · 08/12/2018 12:46

In my house growing up gammon, boiled potatoes, cauliflower cheese and peas was one of two options for a 'roast dinner' (the other was beef, roast potatoes, yorkshires, carrots and parsnips), so I think that's definitely a meal!

CarolinePooter · 08/12/2018 12:47

I often do roast veg - potatoes, parsnips, carrots - plus steamed broccoli or cauliflower, with a big jug of cheese sauce. Always popular!

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Mynydd · 08/12/2018 12:47

As above plus purple sprouting broccoli. That's just about my veg box on a plateGrin I think that could work?

Thanks for the help

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bluebellation · 08/12/2018 12:48

I always serve my gammon with mash, cabbage and onion sauce. 😋

snozzlemaid · 08/12/2018 12:49

Yes. I do this all the time. Got to have cauliflower cheese with it though.

MyOtherProfile · 08/12/2018 12:50

Gammon cauliflower cheese roast potatoes and veg
Nice! Can I come?

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Mynydd · 08/12/2018 12:51

Smile feeling more confident in my gammon options now. And very glad I won't need to spend any more money on food! Forgot they were coming but hopefully all will be well

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CarrieBlu · 08/12/2018 12:55

I love a gammon roast dinner and I’ve seen it plenty of times at carverys.

Your menu sounds nice!

NothingOnTellyAgain · 08/12/2018 12:55

Your idea with the leeks etc sounds bang on!

Have fun!

starryskies78 · 08/12/2018 12:59

We often have a gammon roast dinner. With cranberry sauce to sweeten it out.
I didn't think there was anything wrong that! I love it.

School serves a gammon roast for the kids every couple of weeks too. (Not that I'm recommending you serve school dinner style food!)

RandomWok · 08/12/2018 12:59

We have gammon roast with gravy occasionally. Makes a nice change.

RCohle · 08/12/2018 19:13

Ooh that meal sounds lovely OP. I bloody love cheesy leeks.

Chaosandmadness · 08/12/2018 19:27

Gammon is one of the meats I do for Christmas day. Nigella Lawson recipe cooked in coca cola. It makes a good roast dinner and always goes down well