Ham
Home made sweet ham
HIGH
Energy Density
7.1kcal/g
7.1kcal/g
HIGH
Fat
151g / serving
151g / serving
HIGH
Saturates
55g / serving
55g / serving
LOW
Sugars
6.9g / serving
6.9g / serving
HIGH
Salt
12.6g / serving
12.6g / serving
LOW
Fibre
2.6g / serving
2.6g / serving
Suitable for:PartyPregnancy
I've gradually been trying to buy foods that are less 'processed' and then do the 'processing' at home where I can control the ingredients used. Supermarket ham is full of preservatives and pumped full of water so here is how to make your own healthier version
Preparation
- Put the gammon, cinnamon, corriander, peppercorns and bay leaves into a pan and fill with cold water to cover the ham
- Heat the pan until it boils and then turn down and simmer for approx 25 mins
- Remove the meat and place into foil on a baking tray
- Pour the honey (or maple syrup) over the top of the meat, wrap up in the foil and roast in the oven for approx 25 mins
- Leave to cool and slice before serving
Notes
- Cooking time for gammon is 20 mins per 450g + 20 mins. Divide the total half and do half of the time boiling, and half of the time in the oven.
- For a 750g joint the cooking time works out to 53 minutes - approx 25 in the water and 25 in the oven
Ingredients
- 750g gammon
- 6 bay leaves
- 2tbsp whole black peppercorns
- 2tbsp corriander seeds
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 3tbsp maple syrup
Equipment
- Large pan
- Oven tray
- Foil
Nutritional Facts
- Serving size: 205.3g
- (58% / 73%) Calories: 1452kcal
- (275%)Total fat: 151g
- (275%) Saturated fat: 55g
- (254%) Unsaturated fat: 89g
- Mono: 71g
- Poly: 18g
- (54%) Cholesterol: 161mg
- Trans Fat: 0g
- (4%)Total carbohydrates: 12g
- Starch: 0g
- (23%) Sugars: 6.9g
- Sucrose: 6.6g
- Glucose: 0.2g
- Maltose: 0g
- Lactose: 0g
- Fructose: 0.1g
- Galactose: 0g
- (10%) Fibre: 2.6g
- (20%)Protein: 10g
- Salts
- (251%) Sodium: 5g
- (7%) Potassium: 232mg
- Minerals
- Calcium: 7%
- Iron: 18%
- Zinc: 20%
- Magnesium: 9%
- Phosphorus: 16%
- Copper: 22%
- Manganese: 10%
- Selenium: 120%
- Fluoride: 1%
- Cryptoxanthin: 3mg
- Lycopene: 0%
- Lutein: 20mg
- Vitamins
- Vitamin A: 2.1µg
- Thiamin (B1): 33%
- Riboflavin (B2): 25%
- Niacin (B3): 21%
- Vitamin B5: 8%
- Vitamin B6: 15%
- Folate (B9): 1%
- Vitamin B12: 21%
- Choline: 7%
- Vitamin C: 1%
- Vitamin D: 8%
- Vitamin E: 1%
- Vitamin K: 7%
- Arginine: 1g
- Aspartic Acid: 0.8g
- Glutamate: 1.4g
- Glycine: 0.7g
- Proline: 0.6g
- Serine: 0.4g
- Tyrosine: 0.2g
- Alanine: 0.6g
- Cystine: 88mg
- Amino Acids
- Histidine: 0.1g
- Isoleucine: 0.3g
- Leucine: 0.7g
- Methionine: 0.1g
- Phenylalanine: 0.4g
- Threonine: 0.3g
- Tryptophan: 35mg
- Valine: 0.5g
- Lysine: 0.8g
- Betaine: 3mg
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