Name: Gammon with pineapple
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 135 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Boil
Ingredients: 2 kg gammon cured joint; 2 carrots quartered; 1 onion halved; 2 celery stalks chopped; 2 bay leaves; 10 black peppercorns; 4 cloves; 1 star anise; 250 ml pineapple juice; 250 ml chicken stock; 60 ml honey; 30 ml dry mustard powder; 250 ml pineapple juice; 20 cloves; 1 pineapple peeled and sliced; 6 carrots peeled, wedges; 15 ml cornflour maizena

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Ingredients (17)

2 kg	gammon — cured joint
2	carrots — quartered
1	onion — halved
2	celery stalks — chopped
2	bay leaves
10	black peppercorns
4	cloves
1	star anise
250 ml	pineapple juice
250 ml	chicken stock

TREACLE SUGAR GLAZE

60 ml	honey
30 ml	dry mustard powder
250 ml	pineapple juice
20	cloves
1	pineapple — peeled and sliced
6	carrots — peeled, wedges
15 ml	cornflour — maizena

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Method:

Oven temperature: 200°C

Place the gammon in a large saucepan. Cover with cold water and add the carrots, onion, celery, bay leaves, peppercorns, cloves and star anise. Add the pineapple juice and the stock. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat,
cover and simmer gently for 1-1½ hours. Drain and discard the vegetables and the spices, reserving 300ml of the liquid.

GLAZE

Mix the sugar, honey, mustard powder and 50ml of the pineapple juice.

Cut the skin off the gammon, leaving a layer of fat on the meat. Score the fat with a sharp knife, then stud the fat with cloves. Place the gammon in a roasting tin and brush with the glaze. Reserve the remaining glaze for basting.
Place the pineapple slices and carrot wedges around the gammon and pour in the reserved stock and the remaining 200ml pineapple juice. Roast in a preheated oven for 40 minutes, basting three or four times during cooking.

Remove the gammon and vegetables from the oven and place onto a serving platter. Skim the fat off the liquid in the roasting tin. Mix the corn flour with a little water, then add to the liquid in the roasting tin, stirring over the heat for
a few minutes until it starts to thicken. Serve with the gammon, carrots and pineapple.