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Ginger and rum-glazed ham with jewelled roast carrots

Simmering the ham in ginger beer infuses it with sweet flavour and a touch of warming spice

Simmering the ham in ginger beer infuses it with sweet flavour and a touch of warming spice

Cooking Time

Cook: 2 Hours 45 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 10

Cooking Time

Price: £2.09 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 251g serving contains

Energy
1102kj
264kcal
13%
Fat
6.0g
Med
9%
Saturates
1.8g
Med
9%
Sugars
18.1g
High
20%
Salt
4.34g
High
72%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
439kj/105kcal

Ingredients

For the carrots

2 x 300g packs Grower’s Selection British Chantenay Carrots

1tbsp rapeseed oil

2tbsp thyme leaves

2tbsp stem ginger syrup from the jar

1tbsp tahini

80g pomegranate seeds

½ x 25g pack flat-leaf parsley, chopped

For the ham

2.7kg joint Butcher’s Selection Unsmoked Gammon

2 x 1.5L bottles Old Jamaica Ginger Beer

2 red onions, quartered

2 bay leaves

2 sticks celery, chopped

1 carrot, chopped

6 balls stem ginger, finely chopped, plus 3tbsp syrup from the jar

1tsp ground ginger

3tbsp Seville orange marmalade

1tbsp English mustard

2tbsp golden rum

Method

1
Put all the ingredients for the ham in a very large pan. Simmer for 2 hrs, topping up water as needed to keep the gammon covered.
2
Preheat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 7.
3
Put all the ingredients for the glaze in a pan. Heat for 5 mins on a medium setting.
4
Boil the carrots for 8 mins; drain. Toss in the oil, thyme and ginger syrup. Roast for 20-25 mins until golden.
5
Remove the onions and ham from the pan; put on a foil-lined baking tray. Cut off the skin, score a diamond pattern in the fat, brush with glaze; garnish with an extra bay leaf (optional). Roast for 25 mins; baste occasionally. Rest for 10 mins.
6
Toss the carrots with the tahini. Sprinkle over the pomegranate seeds and parsley. Serve with the ham.