Leftover Gammon

SunnyGirl

My Mum, & I've followed in her footsteps, always does a gammon joint at christmas for cold cuts. It usually keeps well wrapped in the fridge for about 5 or 6 days. I serve it sliced with mash pots, peas & parsley sauce and cold on sandwiches.

My mum makes it into all sorts of meals - with a creamy sauce & garlic with rice, cooked with cider & apples & as a pie with leftover turkey. I'm trying to think now what else she does with it. I know it can be used where you'd normally use bacon.

Sorry you were so ill!

Pink.

Hi mwa,

I hope you're feeling better now. It will keep chilled for about a week in the fridge and freezes well. There's an earlier thread with lots of ideas for using it up on this thread so I've added your post to it to keep the suggestions together.

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rchddap1

I have some gammon ends that were cheap from the butchers. Actually I've got a number of packs. But I'm not sure exactly what do do with them except for sling in the oven on a tray. Suggestions please (with idiot proof instructions, cos I'm a bit of a baby brain at the moment)

Penelope_Penguin

I like to make a pasta bake - cook pasta and place in ovenproof dish. Sprinkle chopped gammon all over (with sweetcorn and peas if you like ). Cover with a thick cheese sauce and bake in the oven until the cheese sauce is browned.

I'll add thsi to Leftover gammon later

Penny. x

hilstep2000

You could make a bacon and onion roll.
Chop up the gammon into bits, chop and lightly fry an onion. Make some suet pastry, roll out into a long oblong. Sprinkle bacon, onion and dried sage onto the pastry, then roll up (like a jam rolypoly). Either put in a cloth and steam for an hour, or (as we prefer) bake in a 180 degree oven for an hour.
My lot love it:T

skintlass

Gammon and lentil soup - put gammon, carrots, leeks, parsnip, cabbage, potatoes in pot with stock. Bring to boil - add handful of lentils - cook for about 20 mins - lovely soup.

kunekune

Bake some potatoes. Let them cool, then split and scoop out the middles. Mash it with butter, cheese, garlic and finely chopped cooked gammon. Bake until golden, serve with baked beans or a tomato salad.

Chop it finely, fry it off and use it like bacon in a spaghetti carbonara or quiche.

Select the best shaped pieces, cook them and serve with mash and veg and gravy.

thriftlady_2

Potato, bacon and onion hotpot -layers of potato, onions and bacon/gammon bits baked in cheese sauce.

mggirl

First thought that comes to mind is a carbonara type pasta.
Cook pasta.
Fry onion, garlic, bacon/ham. Add small tub creme fraiche and grated parmesan to the onion mix and heat through.
Drain pasta. Tip in creme fraiche sauce and mix till coated.

2cats1kid

My DD's absolute favourite is gammon/ham risotto.

Fry off some risotto rice and onion, then gradually add water or stock (wine is nice too, if you have any to use up). Chuck in some frozen peas and corn (or whatever you have available really, I've used peppers and carrots and stuff before) and your gammon bits and leave to fester till the rice is done. Voila, easy, cheap and tasty dinner.