Name: WATCH: how to make a festive glazed gammon
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 135 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Gourmet
Ingredients: 2 kg gammon; 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 hot english mustard; 1 tin pineapple rings; 1 jar Goldcrest Marachino Cherries; cloves

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Ingredients (15)

For the gammon

2 kg	gammon
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

For the glaze

60 ml	honey
30 ml	hot english mustard

To decorate

1 tin	pineapple rings
1 jar	Goldcrest Marachino Cherries
	cloves

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Method:

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.

GLAZE

Mix the honey and hot English mustard together.

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. Decorate the gammon with the pineapple rings and cherries, using the toothpicks to hold everything in place. Place the gammon in a roasting tin and brush with the glaze. Reserve the remaining glaze for basting.

Roast in an oven heated to 200°C for 40 minutes or until the glaze is nice and caramelised, basting three to four times during cooking.

Remove the gammon from the oven and place onto a serving platter. Serve up with roast potatoes and your favourite festive sides.