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slow cooker gammon with brown sugar sliced on a wooden carving board with a carving knife and fork to the side. Blue and white plates lie behind next to a cream jug with black writing on it.
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Slow Cooker Gammon with Brown Sugar

Slow Cooker Gammon with Brown Sugar is the easiest recipe ever. With just 2 ingredients and virtually no prep the end result is just the tastiest ham. Perfect for family meals and special get togethers.
Course Main Course
Cuisine English
Prep Time 2 minutes
6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 2 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 590kcal
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Equipment

  • 1 slow cooker
  • 1 meat thermometer optional

Ingredients

  • 300 grams light brown sugar
  • 2 kg gammon salted or unsalted

Instructions

  • Put 1 cup of light brown sugar in the bottom of your slow cooker pot.
  • Put your gammon on top and then put the remaining half a cup of sugar on top of that.
  • Cook on High for 4 - 6 Hours or 6 -8 Hours on Low. If you have a meat thermometer then you want the inner temperature of the gammon to be 75℃/160℉
  • You can glaze the top of the Ham by waiting a little for the top to cool and then remove carefully the top layer of skin and about half the fat. Discard the trimmings and then score diagonally one way and then the next to produce a diamond pattern.
  • I use a quick glaze which is marmalade and brown sugar pressed into the scored top and then sit the ham directly under the grill for about ten minutes until browned and sizzling.
  • Slice and serve

Notes

    • to keep this dish economical you can use the reformed gammon joints that are sold in some supermarkets
    • use smoked or unsmoked to suit your tastes my family prefer unsmoked
    • uncooked gammons freeze extremely well so I look out for offers and stock up the freezer
    • I also cook a gammon at christmas to use cold sliced for salads, buffets and general loveliness
    • Gammon is cooked when it reaches a central internal temperature of 75℃/160℉
    •  if glazing remember that the gammon needs to be close to the top of the grill
    • it may not have enough fat on it to glaze if it is a reformed gammon

Nutrition

Calories: 590kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 73g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 207mg | Sodium: 267mg | Potassium: 1263mg | Sugar: 49g | Vitamin A: 23IU | Calcium: 82mg | Iron: 3mg