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Marmalade Glazed Ham

Author: Alison

Ingredients

  • 1.5 kg ham joint
  • 1 onion
  • 1 stick celery
  • 1 carrot
  • peppercorns
  • 3 tbsp dark brown muscovado sugar
  • 2 tbsp marmalade
  • ginger ale

Instructions

  • Place the gammon in a large pan, cover with cold water and bring to the boil.
  • Once it starts boiling drain the water and cover the ham with water again.
  • Peel and chop the onion and carrot, chop the celery and add to the water with the peppercorns
  • Bring to the boil and simmer for 2½ hours.
  • Remove the ham from the pan. It can be left to cool and put into the fridge to cook the next day or you can bake it straight away.
  • Preheat the oven to 200C, Gas Mark 4.
  • Place the ham on some tin foil and pour over some ginger ale wrap it up and place it in the oven for ½ hour.
  • Mix together the marmalade and brown sugar.
  • Remove the ham from the oven and coat in the glaze.
  • Wrap it back up and cook for 45 minutes, basting with more glaze at regular intervals.