Name: Slow cooker gammon
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 6 h 30 min
Total time: 6 h 45 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1.5kg gammon; 750ml ginger beer; 1-1.5 litres apple juice; 1 onion quartered; 1 carrot roughly chopped; ½ tsp white peppercorns; ¼ tsp ground cloves; ½ tsp ground allspice; 1 cinnamon stick; 2 bay leaves; roast potatoes and wilted greens, to serve (optional); 60g light brown soft sugar; 3 tbsp maple syrup; 1½ tbsp Dijon mustard; 1 tbsp red wine vinegar

1.5kg gammon
750ml ginger beer
1-1.5 litres apple juice
1 onion
quartered
1 carrot
roughly chopped
½ tsp white peppercorns
¼ tsp ground cloves
½ tsp ground allspice
1 cinnamon stick
2 bay leaves
roast potatoes
and wilted greens, to serve (optional)

For the glaze

60g light brown soft sugar
3 tbsp maple syrup
1½ tbsp Dijon mustard
1 tbsp red wine vinegar

Method

step 1
Put the gammon in your slow cooker, then pour over the ginger beer and enough apple juice to cover. Add the veg, spices and bay, then cook on low for 6 hrs.
step 2
Remove the gammon, discarding the liquid, and put in a roasting tin. Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 4. Remove any skin but leave behind an even layer of fat, and score it all over in a criss-cross pattern.
step 3
Combine the glaze ingredients in a small bowl or jug, then brush it all over the gammon. Roast for 10 mins, then pour over any remaining glaze and roast for a further 20 mins. Serve with roast potatoes and wilted greens, if you like.