Gammon and Broad Beans with Spring Onion and Chive Sauce recipe | Delia Smith

Ingredients

• 2½ lb (1.125 kg) piece of smoked gammon
• ½ smallish onion, finely chopped
• 1 small carrot
• ½ stick of celery
• 2 bay leaves
• A few black peppercorns
• 2-3 lb (900 g-1.350 kg) young broad beans, shelled – depending on whether there are 4 or 6 to dinner
• 1 oz (25 g) butter
• The other half of the smallish onion, finely chopped
• 1 oz (25 g) plain flour
• 12fl oz (350 ml) gammon stock
• 6 fl oz (175 ml) milk
• 6 oz (175 g) spring onions, chopped small (including the green parts)
• ½ oz (10 g) snipped chives
• 1 tablespoon crème fraiche
• Salt and freshly milled black pepper