Ham in coke

Name: Ham in coke
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 kg gammon, mild cure; 1 onion, peeled and halved; 2 litres cola; 1 handful Cloves; 1 tbsp golden syrup; 2 tsp English mustard powder; 2 tbsp demerara sugar

Tom Jacobs @snakey_jakey

Cambridge

Ham in coke

Tom Jacobs @snakey_jakey

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Ingredients

2 kggammon, mild cure
1onion, peeled and halved
2 litrescola
Glaze
1 handfulCloves
1 tbspgolden syrup
2 tspEnglish mustard powder
2 tbspdemerara sugar

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Steps

1

Put the gammon in a pan, skin side down if it fits like, add the onion then pour over the cola.
2

Bring to the boil, reduce to a good simmer, put the lid on, though not tightly, and cook for 1 hour a kilo. If gammon is straight from fridge add 15mins to cooking time.
3

Preheat oven to 240°C/gas 9
4

Take the ham out of the pan and let the ham cool a little for ease of handling. (You can let it cool completely then finish off the cooking at some later stage if you want).
5

Remove skin, leaving a thin layer of fat. Score the fat with a sharp knife to make fairly large diamond shapes, and stud each diamond with a clove. Then carefully spread the golden syrup over the fat. Then gently pat the mustard and sugar onto the sticky fat.
6

Cook for approximately 10 minutes or till the glaze is dark and bubbly. If you left the ham after the simmering, cook for 30-40 minutes at 180°C instead