Christmas ham recipes
The best bit of Boxing Day? Got to be the Christmas ham. Whether you slice it up to eat around a formal table or eat it on your knee while watching the big Boxing Day film, we’ve got a huge range of ideas for glazes, as well as some with surprising alternative ingredients to mix up your annual festive routine.
Our five-star-rated cola ham has a sweet, sticky and savoury glaze, or you could go for something more traditional like this treacle-glazed ham. Love some crunch? Choose our crackling ham.
Did you know…when you cook gammon it becomes known as ham? We’ve got loads of gammon recipes to try, including the great time-saver that is our overnight roast gammon. You can make it up to three days in advance, or even freeze for up to three months.
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Picnic recipes
Treacle-glazed ham with potato and egg salad
Traditional treacle-glazed ham works perfectly in summer as picnic treat with potato salad, or in winter as a Boxing Day or NYE showstopper.
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Christmas leftover recipes
Pulled ginger beer gammon salad with quinoa
Celebrate the flavours of Christmas all throughout winter with this pulled ginger beer gammon and quinoa salad
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Gammon recipes
Roast gammon joint with pan rösti and parsley sauce
Use up this crowd-pleasing meat in our roast gammon joint recipe, which comes served atop a giant potato rösti!
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Baked ham with sticky raisin, tamarind and chipotle relish
Thomasina Miers' baked ham recipe is a family favourite. Sticky and full of flavour, it's perfect for an Easter lunch with all the trimmings.
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Jalapeño, coriander and lime salt crusted ham with mango salsa
Sweet and spicy mango salsa complements slow cooked, salt crusted ham in this Mexican-inspired recipe. Perfect for summer parties
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Cola ham for Christmas
A modern take on a Christmas ham recipe, this sweet-savoury combo is sure to be a hit. The spiced sticky glaze makes it ever so moreish too.
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Tamarind and pomegranate caramel-glazed ham
This sweet, succulent Christmas glazed ham is a feast for the eyes and the senses. Make it the centre of attention at your Boxing Day buffet.
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Sticky chilli jam glazed ham with crunchy slaw
This invigoratingly sticky and worryingly moreish roast ham recipe deserves a place on everyone's Boxing Day table this Christmas.
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Treacle-roast ham with spiced rum glaze
A traditional festive recipe with a treacle and rum twist, this glazed ham will have your Boxing day guests coming back for more.
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Apple and bourbon roast smoked ham
This roast smoked ham recipe is a wonderful addition at Christmas time or a good alternative to your typical Sunday roast.
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Crackling ham
Salty, crisp, juicy crackling ham makes a beautiful centrepiece for Christmas or Boxing Day - maximum impact for minimum effort.
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Glazed ham
This simple honey glazed ham recipe is cooked overnight to ensure it is meltingly tender. Serve as an impressive Boxing day main,
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Gammon recipes
Apple baked and glazed gammon
Cooked in apple juice, cloves and herbs, this apple baked and glazed gammon recipe is a traditional dish that goes a long way.
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