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Home » Sunday Lunches » Family Roast Gammon Recipe with Braised Red Cabbage.

Family Roast Gammon Recipe with Braised Red Cabbage.

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This Roast Gammon recipe with Red Cabbage is just a cracking meal for all occasions. It is my go to for a laid back Sunday Lunch, Boxing Day or entertaining friends and family

roast gammon and braised red cabbage

It always seems to go down a storm with adults and children alike. It's the Sausage, Chips and Beans of the Sunday Lunch, and as is my want, it is crazily easy to prepare and will sit  in comfortable silence awaiting it's  curtain call.

That allows me to prepare sides in a ridiculously laconic manner, this morning I did it  in my pyjamas, think Jo Brand in toasties, with bad hair and make up still down my face from the night before but more importantly with not an anxious thought in sight.

Absolutely love it and you cannot believe how many delicious different accompaniments go with this sweet and salty hunk of Ham.

I also love to cook it as my Slow Cooker Gammon Joint. It is another great way to cook this versatile meat.

sliced gammon on a wooden chopping board
Slow Cooker Gammon

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People ask me what to cook with Gammon and I always say Braised Red Cabbage. Soft, deep and buttery I think that there is not a lot better. I feel passionately about this whole meal combo and although I am sure that there are a lot of good gammon recipes out there it is not as commonplace in the British kitchen as it once was.

Personally I don't like to eat Danish intensively reared Pigs preferring to buy a Gammon Joint from the UK but usually the better farmed English bred pigs are expensive so I wait for Supermarket half price offers (usually Tescos) and will buy a couple and freeze.

That's not to say that the Danish Gammon does not taste good, annoyingly it does. But I would prefer to support a happier piggy life than a downright miserable one.

Nowadays you usually don't have to soak and boil the gammon before cooking to remove saltiness but I always rinse it carefully under the tap.

I don't simmer my Gammon in liquid before roasting. I treat the joint as I would any other roasting joint. However I do cover with foil until the last half an hour of roasting.

At that point you can remove the skin and top layer of fat, score with a sharp knife and apply a glaze of your choice. I like to use a mustard based glaze see recipe. Or you can just leave as is.

I do feel the Gammon is very good with or without a glaze. Don't feel any pressure.

Usually I serve it with Roast Potatoes, Mashed Potatoes and Braised Red Cabbage. The Red Cabbage is amazingly easy to cook. It can also be made ahead and just reheated.

Any leftovers are then in the fridge for the next week. It is a perfect partner to sausages, cottage pie, stews and casseroles.

Carrots go well with this combination too and I love to have a jar of Redcurrant jelly on the table.

Another real favourite of mine to cook with Gammon is my Cauliflower Cheese or Dauphinoise Potatoes. It is sublime combination.

Roast Gammon and Braised Red Cabbage Recipe

red cabbage, brown sugar and apples in a saucepan

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Family Gammon with Red Cabbage.

Gammon and Braised Red Cabbage Recipe

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This recipe for Roast Gammon and braised Red Cabbage is delicious and very simple to prepare. I usually make it ahead and keep warm for when required. Perfect for Sunday Lunch.
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 3 hrs 15 mins
30 mins
Total Time 3 hrs 25 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Universal
Servings 8
Calories 461 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 1 medium Red Cabbage stalk removed and chopped into strips
  • 2 tbsps balsamic vinegar
  • 3 heaped tbsps soft brown sugar
  • 2 medium sharpish apples peeled and cut into half moons about 1 cm thick
  • 5 tbsp butter
  • 2 medium red onions cut into half moons about 0.5 cm thick.
  • 2.5 kg Gammon Joint Smoked or UnSmoked
  • salt and pepper to season

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4
  • Place the Gammon in a roasting tray and cover with foil. Cooking times are 30 minutes per 500g plus 30 mins- so for my joint of 2.642 g cooking time is 3 hrs and 5 mins at 180 centigrade. Half an hour before the gammon is ready remove the foil.
  • Melt the butter and add all the  red cabbage ingredients to a very large saucepan and stir well. simmer gently for five mins. The cabbage will wilt down a lot if that's the right word for cabbage.
  • Cover and simmer gently for 30 mins or so until the cabbage becomes soft and tender.
  • Taste for seasoning. I like to add a generous amount of black pepper.

Notes

When cooked I remove and keep warm with double tin foil and to rest for 30 minutes.
If you wish to glaze the Gammon then remove from the oven 30 mins before the cooking time is up and using a cloth to protect your hands, carefully pull back the top layer of fat and skin and remove it to one side. Criss cross the remaining fat with a sharp knife. Spread 2 tbsps of French Mustard over the fat and then sprinkle with Demerara Sugar. Pop back in the oven for the remaining 30 minutes.
The internal temperature that the gammon needs to reach is 71 C.

Nutrition

Calories: 461kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 63g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 140mg | Sodium: 3996mg | Potassium: 1400mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 1195IU | Vitamin C: 164.8mg | Calcium: 69mg | Iron: 4.3mg

All nutritional information is approximate and intended only as a guide.

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I have linked this recipe with Cook Blog Share with Easy Peasy Foodie,Cook Once Eat Twice with Corina at Searching for Spice. and The Food Calender at Charlottes Lively Kitchen

 
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  1. Eb Gargano / easypeasyfoodie.com

    December 23, 2016 at 8:03 pm

    Oh ham and red cabbage - yum! Two of my favourite things and they go so well together!! Thanks for linking up to #CookBlogShare 🙂 Eb x

    Reply
    • applytofaceblog

      December 28, 2016 at 8:45 pm

      Thanks Eb,I did it twice over Xmas,so damn easy!Hope you've had a lovely Xmas xx

      Reply
  2. Tamara Parmar

    December 28, 2016 at 7:21 pm

    Do injustice cook gammon as it comes ???? Don't need to add any liquid or anything ????? ?

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    • applytofaceblog

      December 28, 2016 at 8:44 pm

      No my love, I just cook it on its tod!xx

      Reply
  3. Rhyming with Wine

    December 28, 2016 at 10:14 pm

    I love a good roasted gammon and I actually really enjoy red cabbage too, but every time I have tried to cook it it has been a disaster. I've been meaning to try and find a good braised red cabbage recipe and as if by magic here you are! Thank you! I'll be back to try this very soon. Thanks for sharing with #DreamTeam x

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    • applytofaceblog

      December 29, 2016 at 5:17 pm

      Thats great!It really is buttery and a little sweet.I made it for this dish and then reheated it for Xmas day and again when I cooked another Gammon on the 28th.I just warmed it through in the oven for ten mins!It was lush!x

      Reply
  4. Corina

    December 31, 2016 at 7:27 am

    This sounds delicious! For me gammon is such a family meal as my mum almost always cooks one when we all go to stay with her. It sounds really great with the red cabbage. Thank you so much for sharing with #CookOnceEatTwice x

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    • applytofaceblog

      January 03, 2017 at 6:28 pm

      Thankyou,It says family to me too and just so easy.Kids love it as much as the adults which is always a bonus!xx

      Reply

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