Jubilee Ham

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 7/8 kg ham (gammon joint)
• 1 onion
• 1/2 teaspoon peppercorn
• 2 star anise
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 orange
• 4 tablespoons cherry jam
• 1/2 orange
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 tablespoon ginger
• 1 pinch chili

Recipe

• 1 put the gammon joint in a large pan.
• 2 cover with water.
• 3 add the peeled and halved onion, peppercorns, star anise, bay leaf, and orange zest.
• 4 bring to a boil; partially cover and simmer for 1 hour 45 minutes, or 30 minutes per 500g (1lb).
• 5 meanwhile, put all the glaze ingredients in a bowl and whizz with a hand blender until you have a smooth texture.
• 6 once the gammon is cooked; cool in the stock; remove.
• 7 preheat the oven to gas 7, 200 degrees celsius, fan 200 degrees celsius. using a sharp knife, strip the rind off the gammon joint and score the fat in a diamond pattern.
• 8 put the joint in a roasting pan and spread the glaze over the fat.
• 9 roast for 20 to 25 minutes, until sticky and golden.
• 10 cool before carving into thick slices.