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Gammon cooked in apple juice

By Abigail Donnelly

Serves 8

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cooking Time 1 ½ hours

Ingredients

1.7 kg Woolworths medium ready-to-cook gammon
6 peppercorns
4 sticks celery, chopped
4 carrots, chopped
2 onions, halved
2 cloves
1 litre Woolworths 100% apple juice
2 cups water
2 T English mustard

Method

1. Place all the ingredients except the mustard into a large saucepan. Make sure the gammon is covered with liquid.

2. Cover and simmer for 1½ hours, then add the mustard.

3. Remove the gammon from the saucepan, cut into pieces and pour over some of the stock and veggies to serve.

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Photographs: Myburgh Du Plessis
Production: Abigail Donnelly
Food assistant: Emma Nkunzana and Terry Donnelly

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Gammon cooked in apple juice

Ingredients

Method