Right on my doorstep is The Old English Pig company– they breed beautiful free-range, traditional Old English pigs, and their sausages are honestly the best I have ever tasted (and they are working on a low fat one!). I’ve had a lovely piece of gammon from them sitting in my freezer since Christmas, and I really wanted to do it justice by finding an unusual and delicious glaze for it!
I think for an effective glaze you need to have a really good amount of sweetness, and so I immediately thought of pomegranate molasses which was one of my top finds of 2016! It sounds like an unusual ingredient but actually it is really widely available now, I have bought it from Waitrose, Sainsburys and my local health food shop and I know that Holland and Barrett also stock it. You can buy it on Amazon if you are at a loss (click here to find it), but this is an expensive way to buy it. The overall glaze came out really well, and it’s perfect as a summery ham recipe.
It’s worth going to the effort of pre-boiling the ham in the cloves etc, as you can see in the recipe, as the flavours really do infuse and make it extra tasty.
If you are following Slimming World, the syns in this are minimal- much of the glaze is lost, and you can cut away most of the fat before roasting. I find that this is a great snack to have in the fridge- it’s very satisfying!