Ingredients :
A smoked Gammon (!) – about 2KG
2 Carrots / 2 Onions
2 Table Spoons of Pickling Spices
1 Table Spoon of Black Pepper
3 leafs of Laurel
5 to 10 cloves depending on taste
1 bunch of Thym
2 Table spoon of Honney (Oranger is nice but accacia is good also)
Chicken Stock cube
How to Make:
Put the Gammon in a large pan of cold water (no salt) and bring to simmering boil.
Cover well so that it does not dry out during boiling
Add the chopped carrots / onions / pickling spices / Laurel / Thym / Cloves
Leave to cook slowly for 90 minutes (for a 2KG)
Transfer to a large oven proof dish, cover with the Honney
Dilute the chicken stock in a little bit of the cooking water
Keep the cooking water to add during the oven cooking
Put into oven at 190 degres celsius.
Cover with aluminium foil.
Cook until nice and brown, basting often and sometimes adding a bit of the
water from the initial cooking. This will take another 90 minutes or more.
Simply check until it looks like it is ready to eat or you cannot wait anymore !
Goes well with new potatoes and some syrup fruits such as Peaches and Cherries…
