Root beer glazed ham
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 6
Ingredients
- 2.5 kg smoked boneless gammon ham
- 1 small onion, peeled and studded with cloves
ROOT BEER GLAZE
- 300ml root beer
- a few good dashes Tabasco chipotle sauce
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- 2 tsp mustard powder
- 6 tbsp brown sugar
Method
- STEP 1
Make a note of the weight of the gammon and calculate the cooking time for 40 minutes per kilo. Put the gammon in a large pan of water, bring up to a simmer and skim any impurities from the surface. Add the onion and leave to simmer for the required cooking time (so a 2.5kg gammon will take 1 hour 40 minutes).
- STEP 2
While the ham is cooking, put the glaze ingredients in a pan and simmer until thickened and syrupy enough to brush over the ham.
- STEP 3
Heat the oven to 180c/fan 160c/gas 4. After simmering, let the ham rest until cool enough to handle then, remove the skin leaving a layer of fat. Score the fat lightly making sure you don’t go into the flesh. Sit the ham on a rack in a roasting tin and brush all over with the glaze. Bake for 40-45 minutes, brushing more glaze on as it bakes until it is a dark golden brown.
