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Cider roasted gammon with calvados and apples

From Love Pork

  • Serves 5
  • Cooking Time 60 mins

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Recipe ingredients

1kg (2¼lb) Good quality, dry cured,
unsmoked gammon joint
300ml (½pt) Sweet cider
15ml (1tbsp) Apple sauce
30ml (2tbsp) Calvados / brandy (optional)
4 Whole apples
15–30ml (1–2tbsp) Muscovado sugar

Preparation

Pre-heat oven to Gas Mark 4-5, 180°C, 350°F.

Weigh the joint and calculate the cooking time:

20 mins per 450g/1/2kg (1lb) plus 20 mins.

(About 1 hour for 1kg joint)

Double line a large roasting pan with foil. Place joint in roasting pan and pour over the cider, apple sauce, calvados and add whole apples.

Place another piece of foil on top and roast in oven. Baste and turn joint over half way through cooking
time.

Remove joint carefully from oven. Remove rind from joint and score the fat. Baste the joint with the juice and sprinkle the fat with sugar and return to oven for further 10-15 minutes to brown.

The juices can be used as a sauce, but taste first as
they may need a spoonful of brown sugar depending
on the saltiness of the joint.

Serving suggestion

Serve thickly sliced with apples and roasted vegetables.

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