Baked Christmas Ham

Name: Baked Christmas Ham
Cuisine: European, British
Ingredients: 1 large onion, quartered; 2 carrots, roughly chopped; 3 bay leaves; a handful of fresh parsley stalks; a handful of fresh thyme sprigs; 8 black peppercorns; 6 allspice berries, lightly crushed; 1.5 litres medium dry cider; 9–10kg whole unsmoked ham on the bone, soaked for 8 hours in cold water, changing the water regularly; 3 tbsp golden syrup; 2 tbsp black treacle; 2 tsp ground ginger; a good pinch of English mustard powder; juice of 1/2 orange; 2–3 tbsp demerara sugar

Instructions

Baked Christmas ham from The Great British Bake Off: Christmas cookbook. A real centrepiece, a whole ham is a thing of beauty, and the leftovers can be enjoyed long after the big day.

Updated at: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 10:15:23 GMT