Herewith a recipe bound to be the talk of your Christmas table.

Glazed gammon

Ingredients
1 large pickled and smoked gammon
1 cup honey
1 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
1/2 cup brown sugar
zest of one orange
cinnamon stick
tablespoon fresh ginger, chopped
500 ml orange juice
3 tablespoons butter

Method
Place the gammon in a pot, cover with cold water, and simmer for one hour, remove, and then place on a roasting tray. Place the honey, lemon juice, ginger, cinnamon stick, vinegar, sugar and lemon zest in a pan and cook to thick syrup. Add the orange juice and butter and cook until thick. Pour a quarter of the glaze over the ham and place in oven at 180 °C. Paint on more glaze every 15 minutes until the ham is crispy and golden brown. Slice and serve with mustard.