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  • 3-4kg gammon
    (doesn't need to be 1 piece, just make up the weight with smaller joints)
  • 1 litre pineapple
    juice
  • 1 tbsp ground allspice
  • 100g black treacle
  • 100g ginger
    roughly chopped
  • 3 tbsp tomato ketchup
  • 3 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
  • 3 tbsp clear honey

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal593
  • fat32g
  • saturates11g
  • carbs15g
  • sugars14g
  • fibre0g
  • protein61g
  • salt8.3g
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Fit the gammon, quite snugly, in a big, deep roasting tin or casserole. Reserve 150ml of the pineapple juice, then pour the rest over the gammon, plus enough water to fill the tin about three-quarters full. Cover tightly with a few sheets of foil, then put in the oven and bake for 4 hrs. About halfway through, check the liquid levels and turn the gammon.

  • step 2

    Remove the gammon and pour off the liquid. Cut away the rind and most of the fat, leaving just a thin layer of fat on the joints.

  • step 3

    Whizz the reserved pineapple juice, allspice, treacle, ginger, ketchup, sweet chilli and honey together to combine to a purée. Spoon all over the gammon and set aside until ready to serve (or, if you’ve made at home before taking to the host’s house, cover and chill for up to 48 hrs).

  • step 4

    To serve, heat oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Roast for 30 mins until hot and sticky, then loosely break into large chunks to serve.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2013

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A star rating of 4.4 out of 5.25 ratings

ros.beard4915898

question

Would this work ok without the black treacle?

toons99UX7faxqU

tip

Cooked it twice for a family dinner once with orange juice (no pineapple juice in shops) and second time with pineapple juice. Full consensus was the orange juice was a better... Worth giving bit a go

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mi cooking

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Used 3 unsmoked gammon pieces, total 2.9kg, which was plenty for 8. Didn't soak the gammon and it wasn't too salty at all. I changed the marinade: I used only half a teaspoon of ginger, left out pineapple juice and chili sauce but added spicy dark rum and chili pieces, and a bit more honey for…

dorothyd

Made this for lunch Easter Sunday, all the guests thought it was the best gammon recipe ever. Made it as stated, apart from missing out the Allspice, which I did not have. Will definitely be using this recipe again.

jensven

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Lovely and went down well with everyone. I halved the recipe and there’s was still loads left! I did do a bit less mixed spice and ginger as I was worried it would be overpowering. Glad I did as it was still noticeable.

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