Main Meals

Gammon cooked in apple juice

Name: Gammon cooked in apple juice
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 min
Total time: 16 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Main Meals
Ingredients: Woolworths medium ready-to-cook gammon 1.7kg,peppercorns 6,celery, chopped 4sticks,carrots, chopped 4,onions, halved 2,cloves 2,Woolworths 100% apple juice 1litre,water 2cups,English mustard 2T

By Abigail Donnelly

Serves 8

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 15 minutes

cooking Time 1 ½ hours

“Cook this the day before. I enjoy eating it like an Italian brodo, using the stock as a broth.”- Abigail Donnelly

Wine/Spirit Pairing

Woolworths Alto 1693 Red Blend

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Ingredients

Method

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

Ingredients

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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Recipe by: Abigail Donnelly

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