Unsmoked gammon

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    I've got a wee unsmoked gammon joint that I had a notion of using to make a sort of ham gratin - my thinking was to cook the gammon (roast or boil?) before shredding it and then layering it in a dish with onions and potatoes to cover with a cheese sauce and cook up in the oven. Any tips?
     
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      sounds pretty good as you have described..
      But you've got me thinking about a bacon and onion roly poly now,
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        Thanks Jenny - would you roast or boil the gammon?

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        From our butcher, I can get "minced off cuts" of ham and would grill the mince a bit to give it that nice flavour first. A bit of dried sage maybe and smear some Maille whole grain mustard on the inside of the suet perhaps?
        eye our lad, a meal from heaven. With some nice braised red cabbage a la Delia style 'cos I've still got half a red cabbage from Chrimbo left,
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        No mustard in the house - reckon I will go for roasting it to build flavour

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        I usually boil mine in a big pan with a onion cut into quarters, peppercorns and bay leaves. After it's cooked I allow it to cool and slather it in a concoction of honey , brown sugar, English and whole grain mustard and bake for about an hour.

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          That's just the ticket! Its on now, to simmer away for a wee while, and hopefully the resulting stock will add some flavour to tomorrow's butternut squash soup

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            Boil it and use the residue for Lentil and ham soup :-)

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