Island-style ham, pineapple egg & chips - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 1kg piece unsmoked boneless gammon
• 1l ginger beer
• 5 cloves
• 5 black peppercorns
• 2 bay leaves
• 4-6 large potatoes, peeled and cut into chunky chips
• 3 tbsp vegetable or rapeseed oil
• 2 tbsp Caribbean spice mix, plus a pinch (see below)
• 1 tbsp treacle
• ½ lime, juiced
• 1 small pineapple
• 4-6 eggs
• 1 green chilli, sliced (optional)
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tbsp black peppercorns
• 1 tbsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp dried ground ginger
• 2 dried bay leaves
• 8 allspice berries
• 1½ tsp cayenne pepper
• ½ nutmeg, grated