We love getting all glammed up for Christmas: whether you’re looking for that party outfit for the work do, searching for dresses for the winter races or an outfit for a get together with long-lost friends, there’s no better excuse to splash out on some gorgeous new attire for the sparkly season.
Glamour aside, there’s another element to the Christmas period that we love. And that’s snuggling up in the chunkiest of knits with your nearest and dearest, and sitting down to the best Christmas or Boxing Day dinner ever.
Recently we posted about tips to ensure you have the scummiest Christmas dinner to date, and today we’re back with round two – recipe ideas for the tastiest Boxing Day lunch to date.
Coca – Cola Gammon
This recipe will give you a fizzy spin on this classic Boxing Day dish.
You’ll need:
- A joint of gammon (the weight will depend on how many you are cooking for)
- 3ltres of coca-cola
- 2 onions, chopped in half
- A handful of black peppercorns
- 7 gloves garlic
- 6 tbsp clear honey
- 1 tbsp cinnamon, ground ginger, soy sauce, English mustard powder
- 3 tbsp Demerara sugar
Place your gammon in a deep pan and bring it to the boil. Once boiled, drain and pour over your coca-cola. Add your onions and peppercorns. Once this has boiled, turn down the heat to a low simmer for three hours. The ham should be cooked through, so take it out and get rid of the excess liquid.
Next, preheat your oven to gas mark 6/200 degrees and remove the skin with a knife, leaving a layer of fat. Score this fat and place a clove in random scores in the fat. Mix together your remaining ingredients and smother over the gammon. Place this in the oven for 30 minutes until the glaze is gorgeously gooey and sticky.
Serve with the best batch of Bubble and Squeak – we’re talking bacon, as much veg as you can muster and a hearty handful of strong cheddar, for grating. Voila! (The diet starts on January 1st!)