Recipes

Method

1. Remove the outer packaging and place the meat in a large pan.
2. Pour over the cola and add the onions and bay leaves.
3. Bring to the boil and simmer gently for 2½ hours (allow 30 minutes per 500g, plus 30 minutes).
4. Preheat the oven to 220°C / fan oven 200°C/ gas mark 7.
5. Line a roasting tin with foil. Remove the ham from the pan and place in the tin.
6. Some hams have a cookproof plastic strip around the meat; if yours has this, remove it now, then remove the dark layer of rind.
7. Score the fat into a diamond pattern and press a clove into each diamond.
8. Warm the treacle in a small pan and drizzle over the ham. Bake for 10-15 minutes, until the top is golden.
9. Remove from the oven, cover with foil and leave to rest for at least 10 minutes.