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Slow Cooked Coca Cola Gammon


Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 8 hours 20 minutes

INGREDIENTS
  • 2kg Un-smoked gammon joint
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 carrot
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 1 stick celery
  • 1 onion
  • 2 TBSP english mustard
  • 9 TBSP honey
  • Salt & ground black pepper to season
  • 2 litres full-fat coke (or until joint is fully submerged)
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Put the onion, carrots and celery into the slow cooker, and rest the gammon on top. Pour in the coke, and add the bay leaf. Ensure that the gammon is fully submerged. 
  2. Cook on the low setting for 8 hours.
  3. When cooked pre-heat your oven to 170C.
  4. Use two forks to lift the ham from the slow cooker and place it on the baking tray to cool. You can discard the remaining contents of the slow cooker.
  5. Once cooled take a large knife and remove the skin from the gammon making sure to leave the layer of fat.
  6. Using the same knife then score the fat into diamonds.
  7. Add the full cloves of garlic between the score lines. 
  8. Mix together the honey and mustard in a bowl and add plenty of salt & pepper.
  9. Pour half of the mixture over the joint making sure to fully coat the fat.
  10. Transfer it to the oven for 20 minutes or until golden basting the fat every 6 minutes with the remaining mixture.
  11. To give the fat a beautiful golden-brown colour you can then grill the joint for 2 minutes on a high heat (be careful not to burn it)
  12. Voila! :)




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