Quick gammon question

aliasojo

Morning all.

I got 3 bits of gammon from Tesco (3 for £10) and was planning on cooking 2 of them together in the sc. I'm stood here with a bottle of coke on one side and a carton of apple juice on the other and just don't know which way to go tbh (not tried either before). Actually, if I'm honest, I don't really cook too much at all.

We all love carrots and I thought I could put loads of them in to cook with the gammon? Does that make a difference as to which liquid I should choose to cook the gammon in? Carrots in coke? Carrots in apple juice? No carrots at all as neither will work? :undecided

If I do put them in, should I slice them as normal or leave them whole in case they go soggy or something?

Thanks for any advice and sorry to start yet another gammon thread, just needed advice asap.

Penelope_Penguin

aliasojo wrote: »

Morning all.

I got 3 bits of gammon from Tesco (3 for £10) and was planning on cooking 2 of them together in the sc. I'm stood here with a bottle of coke on one side and a carton of apple juice on the other and just don't know which way to go tbh (not tried either before). Actually, if I'm honest, I don't really cook too much at all.

We all love carrots and I thought I could put loads of them in to cook with the gammon? Does that make a difference as to which liquid I should choose to cook the gammon in? Carrots in coke? Carrots in apple juice? No carrots at all as neither will work? :undecided

If I do put them in, should I slice them as normal or leave them whole in case they go soggy or something?

Thanks for any advice and sorry to start yet another gammon thread, just needed advice asap.

Apple juice :T:T:T We add lots of roughly chopped vegetables to ours, so your carrots will do just fine

Apricot

If you want to chuck the carrotts in then use apple juice. Gammon cooked in coke is nice but not sure about carrotts in coke?

aliasojo

Ok, it's in. Apple juice and carrots. Wish me luck, lol. Thank you.

Btw..how do I know how long to leave it for?



Edit:...should I have added water too or just the apple juice?

Thanks for minding me. :rotfl:

Penelope_Penguin

aliasojo wrote: »

Ok, it's in. Apple juice and carrots. Wish me luck, lol. Thank you.

Btw..how do I know how long to leave it for?



Edit:...should I have added water too or just the apple juice?

Thanks for minding me. :rotfl:

I do mine in the oven at gas 2 for a couple of hours. What does the packet say?

I just use the juice without water. When you make gravy, tasts it as you may want to dilute at that time.

Save any leftover juice to make soup - I add some leftover gammon or bacon, and lentils - cheap and nutritious :T

aliasojo

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

What does the packet say?

Lol, I have no idea, I binned the thing.

Thanks for the help.