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Roasted fresh ham with cider glaze

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Ingredients

  • For the brine:

  • 8.8L water
  • 280g salt
  • 170g dark brown sugar
  • 4 whole cloves
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tbsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp red pepper flakes
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 (4.5kg) shank end fresh ham, bone-in and skin-on

  • For the rub and glaze:

  • 65ml extra-virgin olive oil
  • 65g whole-grain mustard
  • 150g fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
  • 12 fresh sage leaves, Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped
  • 9 large cloves garlic, peeled and Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped
  • 0.5 tsp red pepper flakes
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 large Spanish onions, trimmed and cut into 2.5-cm wedges
  • 3.75L apple cider
  • 2 tbsp plain flour
  • 30g unsalted Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter , softened

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Method

How to make Roasted fresh ham with cider glaze

1) One day before roasting, in a plastic container large enough to hold the ham, stir the water with the salt and brown sugar until dissolved. Add the spices.

2) Score the ham in a diamond pattern through the skin and fat, taking care not to cut into the meat. Add the ham to the brine, weighing it down with a plate to keep it submerged, and refrigerate for at least 4 but no more than 8 hours.

3) Drain, rinse, pat the ham dry and refrigerate. One hour before roasting, remove the ham from the refrigerator.

4) For the rub, pulse the olive oil, mustard, parsley, sage, garlic, red pepper, salt and black pepper in a food processor to make a paste. Rub it all over ham.

5) Preheat the oven to 230C/Gas 8. In a large roasting pan toss the onion wedges with 250ml of the apple cider, and set the ham on top. Roast the ham for 30 minutes

6) Reduce the oven temperature to 165C/Gas 3 and roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 68C, about 4 hours. After the first hour, loosely wrap aluminium foil around the bone to keep it from burning.

7) Meanwhile, for the glaze, boil, then simmer, the remaining apple cider in a saucepan, skimming as needed, until syrupy and reduced to about 500ml, about 1.5 hours.

8) During the last 1.5 hours of cooking the ham, brush it with the glaze every 30 minutes. Transfer the cooked ham to an ovenproof platter and let it rest in the turned-off oven for 30 minutes. Loosely cover the onions in a bowl, and put them in the oven as well.

9) Strain the pan juices into a saucepan, skim off any excess fat, and bring to a boil. Make a paste with the flour and Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter and Technique: Whisk Using light, rapid sweeping strokes to thicken or thoroughly combine ingredients. You can also use a whisk attachment attached to a food processor. I know this Teach me, please whisk a bit at a time into the juices. Boil until thick. Carve the ham and serve with the onions and sauce.