Baked Whole Christmas Ham Recipe | Christmas Main Course

Name: Baked Whole Christmas Ham Recipe | Christmas Main Course
Ingredients: 1 large onion, quartered; 2 carrots, roughly chopped; 3 bay leaves; a handful of fresh parsley stalks; a handful of fresh thyme sprigs; 8 black peppercorns; 6 allspice berries, lightly crushed; 1 1/2 litres medium dry cider; 9–10kg whole unsmoked ham on the bone, soaked for 8 hours in cold water, changing the water regularly; 3 tbsp golden syrup; 2 tbsp black treacle; 2 tsp ground ginger; a good pinch of English mustard powder; juice of 1/2 orange; 2–3 tbsp demerara sugar

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Baked Christmas ham from The Great British Bake Off: Christmas cookbook. A real centrepiece, a whole ham is a thing of beauty, and the leftovers can be enjoyed long after the big day.

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Ingredients

1 large onion, quartered
2 carrots, roughly chopped
3 bay leaves
a handful of fresh parsley stalks
a handful of fresh thyme sprigs
8 black peppercorns
6 allspice berries, lightly crushed
1 1/2 litres medium dry cider
9–10kg whole unsmoked ham on the bone, soaked for 8 hours in cold water, changing the water regularly
3 tbsp golden syrup
2 tbsp black treacle
2 tsp ground ginger
a good pinch of English mustard powder
juice of 1/2 orange
2–3 tbsp demerara sugar