What can I serve with gammon?

[HerBeatitudeLittleBella]

I'm cooking some gammon, serving with mash and veg, is there some kind of sauce or gravy I can do? Have no cooking apples, just normal. Have cooked the gammon in coca cola btw, but can't be arsed to do the roasting afterwards - I think it's OK just boiled.

You could do a white sauce with leeks in it

Or onion sauce.

We don't bother with the roasting either.

Can't help on the sauce as I like mine without any.

My family like it with parsley sauce.

Hmm onion sauce sounds possible

Can I use the juice from the gammon/ coca cola?

Must go and collect car from garage but will be back....

I tend not to use the juice, as I haven't come up with a sauce that doesn't taste odd like that!

I think the juice from boiled gammon would be very high in salt - I never use it for the sauce, I make it with milk.

OK, will do that.

How do you do it?

I use Delia's parsley sauce recipe, though I don't use the mace very often, as I usually don't have any! and I don't bother with the extra cream.

Ingredients
15fl oz/425ml milk
a few parsley stalks
1 bay leaf
1 slice onion, ¼in/5mm thick
1 blade of mace
10 whole black peppercorns
¾oz/20g plain flour
1½oz/40g butter
4 heaped tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley
1 tbsp single cream
1 tsp lemon juice
salt and freshly milled black pepper

Put the milk parsley stalks, bay leaf, onion, mace & peppercorns in a small pan, bring slowly to simmer, then pour the mixture into a bowl and leave aside to get completely cold. (I rarely do this as I'm usually making it at the last minute, doesn't seem to make a lot of difference to me!)

When you're ready to make the sauce, strain the milk back into the pan, discard the flavourings, add the flour and butter and bring to simmering point, whisking continuously with a balloon whisk until the sauce has thickened and is smooth. Turn the heat right down & cook gently for 5 minutes, stirring from time to time.

To serve the sauce, add the chopped parsley, cream and lemon juice, taste and season, then serve in a warm jug.

Looks fab, thanks

We always have it with cauliflower cheese.

i used the juice/coke left over from cooking to cook some red cabbage in as she suggests in one of her books. we had that with mash. its lovely. even ds2 who doesnt like meat ate some.

Ooh will freeze it so that I can do that next time I get red cabbage in!