Glühwein-and-cherry-glazed gammon

Kick off the festive season with a gammon sensation! Gluhwein and cherries come together in a beautifully spiced glaze that perfectly coats your gammon for a truly delicious holiday treat. 🍒🍷

Easy 
Serves 6 
Preparation: 10 minutes 
Cooking: 1 hour

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Ingredients:

  • 1 Woolworths ready-to-cook gammon
  • 1 x 750 ml bottle Woolworths Fireside Glühwein
  • 2 Woolworths cinnamon sticks
  • 2 star anise
  • 10 green peppercorns
  • 4 green cardamom pods
  • 1 orange, halved
  • 200 g Woolworths light brown sugar
  • 5 T Woolworths fynbos honey
  • 180 g Woolworths cherries, pitted and halved

Cooking instructions:

  1. Place the gammon in a large saucepan filled with water, ensuring it’s completely submerged. Bring the water to a gentle boil, then cook for 30 minutes for every 500 g the gammon weighs. While the gammon is cooking, prepare the glaze.
  2. Pour the glühwein into a large saucepan and add the cinnamon, star anise, peppercorns, cardamom, orange halves, sugar and honey.
  3. Place the pan over a medium heat and slowly reduce until a thin syrup forms, this will take between 20–30 minutes.
  4. Add the cherries to the glaze and gently fold through, taking care not to break them up.
  5. Remove the gammon from the pan and allow it to cool slightly while preheating the oven to 200°C.
  6. Once cool enough to handle, remove the skin from the gammon and score the fat. Place the gammon on a baking tray and into the oven to crisp the fat. This should take about 15 minutes.
  7. Remove the gammon from the oven and spoon over the glaze. Return the gammon to the oven for 5 minutes, then remove, reglaze and return to the oven for another 5 minutes. Repeat this process until the gammon is well glazed. Allow the gammon to rest for 30 minutes, then slice and serve with extra glaze on the side.