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Gammon

Gammon is ham that has been cured or smoked like bacon. It is the hind leg of pork after it has been cured by dry-salting or brining, and may or may not be smoked. Kaufland in Germany occasionally sells Gammon as “Kassler Schinken geräuchert” or “Kassler Braten”

Christmas Gammon

1 smoked ham
1 onion, peeled and quartered
2 carrots, peeled and diced
3 celery sticks, diced
2 bay leaves
5 whole cloves
5 black peppercorns
30 whole cloves for decoration
45ml honey
50g red candied cherries
4 tinned pineapple rings

Place the ham, onion, carrots, celery, bay leaves, 5 cloves and peppercorns in a large pot.
Cover it with warm water. Bring to the boil and boil for 50 minutes per kilogram of meat.
Let it cool
Heat the oven to 230 Degrees Celcius
Take the ham out of the liquid and remove the skin. Keep a layer of fat on the meat.
Cut a diamond pattern into the layer of fat and insert a clove in every diamond
Place the ham on a baking sheet and brush with honey
Bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown
Baste the ham every now and again with honey
Decorate with ham and cherries (put a cherry in each pineapple circle)

German Christmas Recipes

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