Jubilee Ham Recipes

BAKED HAM WITH CHERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Place ham on a rack in a roasting pan. Using a sharp knife, score surface of ham with 1/4-in.-deep cuts in a diamond pattern. Mix brown sugar, syrup and mustard; rub over ham and press into cuts. Bake, covered, until a thermometer reads 140°, 1-3/4 to 2 hours., In a small saucepan, mix cornstarch, sugar and water until smooth. Add cherries; bring to a boil. Cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in lemon juice and almond extract. Serve warm with ham.

CHERRIES JUBILEE-BLACK PEPPER GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Heat oven to 275°F. Line roasting pan with foil. Remove skin from ham; trim fat to 1/4-inch thickness. Make shallow cuts in fat 1 inch apart in diamond pattern. Place ham in roasting pan; add broth to pan.
• In 2-quart saucepan, stir together preserves, brandy, vinegar, 3 tablespoons mustard, the syrup and pepper; heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until mixture is slightly reduced. Cover and refrigerate half of cherry mixture until serving time. Brush ham with half of the remaining cherry mixture.
• Bake ham on lowest oven rack 4 hours to 4 hours 30 minutes or until meat thermometer reads 140°F, basting with remaining cherry mixture every 30 minutes. Let ham stand 15 minutes before slicing.
• Serve ham with mustard and reserved cherry mixture. Garnish with cherries and sage.

JUBILEE HAM

Steps:

• Put the gammon joint in a large pan.
• Cover with water.
• Add the peeled and halved onion, peppercorns, star anise, bay leaf, and orange zest.
• Bring to a boil; partially cover and simmer for 1 hour 45 minutes, or 30 minutes per 500g (1lb).
• Meanwhile, put all the glaze ingredients in a bowl and whizz with a hand blender until you have a smooth texture.
• Once the gammon is cooked; cool in the stock; remove.
• Preheat the oven to gas 7, 200 degrees Celsius, fan 200 degrees Celsius. Using a sharp knife, strip the rind off the gammon joint and score the fat in a diamond pattern.
• Put the joint in a roasting pan and spread the glaze over the fat.
• Roast for 20 to 25 minutes, until sticky and golden.
• Cool before carving into thick slices.

BIG HAM SALAD

Steps:

• Cook peas in boiling water for 1 min. Drain and rinse under cold water. Toss with ham, leaves, spring onions, potatoes and two-thirds of mint. Mix remaining mint with yogurt and sugar. Drizzle over salad.

DIAMOND JUBILEE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Sit the chicken in a large roasting tin. Mix together the turmeric, 1 tsp ginger, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp cinnamon and oil, then brush all over the chicken, making sure all of the spiced oil is used. Season well. Pour 250ml water into the bottom of the tin, cover with foil and seal around the edges. Put in the oven and cook for 2 hrs.
• Remove the foil and increase oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Cook for a further 30 mins until the chicken is cooked through. Remove from the oven and leave until cool enough to handle. Strip the chicken meat from the carcass in chunky pieces and set aside.
• To make the salad, mix together the yogurt, mayonnaise, remaining 1 tsp each of ginger, cumin and cinnamon, cayenne pepper and pomegranate molasses or balsamic glaze. Add the chicken pieces, apples, all but a handful of the walnuts and parsley, and season.
• Spoon the salad onto a large plate. To serve, drizzle with a little pomegranate molasses or balsamic glaze and scatter over the pomegranate seeds, remaining walnuts and chopped parsley.