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What to do with a Gammon Joint

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  • meg72
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    Whats the weight of the joint and how may meals are you hoping to get from it?
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  • shop-to-drop
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    Gammon, eggs and chips

    Gammon and parsley/chive sauce, mash and beans.
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  • pigpen
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    carbonara..
    with chips and fried egg and veggies
    in sandwiches
    on toast
    battered and fried slices

    Anything really it is very versatile.. though with ice cream is going a bit far! :p
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  • Honey_Bear
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    I poach gammon in part water/part cider (apple or pear - depends what's cheap or on promotion) ahead of time with a few peppercorns, a bayleaf or two and a couple of onions. If you poach it in a cola (pep$i or c0ke) you can't use the stock.

    I then bake it with a mustard glaze when I want to serve it hot. The left over poaching liquid is fabulous for soup, but don't add any more salt because it will have taken on quite a bit of salt from the gammon.

    Any leftovers are for sandwhiches (thinly sliced), quiches (scrappy bits), cold with potato salad and coleslaw or chips and broccoli (fat slices and chunks), or with pasta with tomatoes and a spoonful of pesto. Heaven.
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  • liamsmum
    liamsmum Posts: 43 Forumite
    It weighs 1.9kg and I am intending to cook it in the slow cooker initially
  • Emm-in-a-pickle
    Emm-in-a-pickle Posts: 1,633 Forumite
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    I simmer gammon in applejuice. Tried cola, cider, but prefer apple juice results, plus it`s cheaper!
    One big lump of cooked gammon (or ham) = lots of easy meals....
    Gammon with -
    Chips & mushy peas
    New potatoes, braised lettuce & peas
    Roast potatoes, steamed swede, and onion sauce bread sauce or creamed leeks.

    For the last bits of meat (AND fat trimmings - save them for this) try `cabbage & bacon` - chop up and heat in the bottom of a pan, add a bit of naughty butter too, then throw in chopped cabbage and give it a good stir, bang a tight lid on and stir occasionally - try not to add water so cabbage cooks in it`s own moisture, but you can add a little if it looks too dry or if you`re nervous!
  • Emm-in-a-pickle
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    There are 2 threads with the same starter post...????
  • savetosave
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    Gammon and sweet corn chowder (milky soup) .
    Use the water you cooked the gammon in for stock.
    Fry chopped onions small cubed potatoes and last of the gammon leftovers. Add stock and cook until potatoes are cooked.
    Add 1 tin of drained sweet corn and some milk and warm through.
    Serve with crusty bread.
  • maman
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    savetosave wrote: »
    Gammon and sweet corn chowder (milky soup) .
    Use the water you cooked the gammon in for stock.
    Fry chopped onions small cubed potatoes and last of the gammon leftovers. Add stock and cook until potatoes are cooked.
    Add 1 tin of drained sweet corn and some milk and warm through.
    Serve with crusty bread.

    I just love lentil soup made with the gammon stock. I boil mine in traditional way in SC. Add a carrot, onion, bay leaf and a few peppercorns. When gammon is cooked I take it out and put to cool. Then I add more carrots, more onions, some cubed potato, maybe a handful of frozen leeks, half a bag of lentils (split, red) and then cook all that up. Add any scraps of ham that fall off when slicing.It's great for lunches.

    If you don't want gammon day after day then it freezes really well. I slice it up in meal size portions and take out one a week. My favourite is with chips or new pots and cauliflower/broccoli cheese.
  • Butterfly_Brain
    Butterfly_Brain Posts: 8,862 Forumite
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    We have gammon today roasted with new potatoes and salad, I will use the leftovers for a gammon and egg pie for and use any left to make a gammon pasta.
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