Christmas ham

[LordyGeordie]

I'm cooking a ham for Christmas to go with the turkey. Any decent recipe suggestions to make it that bit more special?

[Cetti]

Not for a baked ham, but for a large gammon I always use 2 litres of Sainsbury's Vintage Cider Medium Dry instead of the usual water, onion etc.  (No other cider will do!) The taste is out of this world - sort of alcoholic and appley!!

Over the years I have tried the designer cooks recipes with Coca Cola (disgusting!), and Ginger Beer (also disgusting), and last year I used Merrydown Cider as I couldn't remember the original stuff - a total disaster.

[ursula62]

My mum used to stud the fat with cloves before cooking the ham.

[tracymort]

jack daniels?  might work, i've had a steak marinated in it before and i once poured some in a lasagne i was making and it was rather nice!

[Kay]

Smear with thick honey and stick cloves in the ham after making a criss cross pattern,wrap in foil and bake.mmmmm.

[lobster]

Here's a beauty, simmer the ham in a mixture of coca cola, vintage cider, molases and cloves.  Then bake the beast with a little of the liquer in the tin, basting every now and then.  With 45 mins to go smear the ham with a mixture of dark cherry jam, kirsch and english mustard powder.  The flavour is rich and spicy, the meat dark, and the edges sweet and tangy, yum!

[D.G.W.T.H.]

would you like to try some of my self saucing pork on the bone mmmmmmmmmmm creamy