Ham In Coca Cola

Name: Ham In Coca Cola
Ingredients: 2 kg mild-cure ham; 1 onion, peeled and cut in half; 1 (2 liter) bottle Coca-Cola; for the glaze; 1 tablespoon black treacle or 1 tablespoon molasses; 2 teaspoons mustard powder; 2 tablespoons brown sugar

7 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

2 kg mild-cure ham
1 onion, peeled and cut in half
1 (2 liter) bottle Coca-Cola
for the glaze
1 tablespoon black treacle or 1 tablespoon molasses
2 teaspoons mustard powder
2 tablespoons brown sugar

Directions

1

Put ham in a pan, add onion and pour over the Coke.
2

Bring to the boil, reduce to a simmer, put the lid on and cook for around 2 1/2 hours or around one hour per kilo of meat.
3

Preheat oven to 240 C degrees.
4

When ham is cooked, take it out of pan and let cool.
5

Remove skin, leaving a thin layer of fat.
6

Use a sharp knife to make large diamond shapes in the fat.
7

Put a clove in each diamond and spread treacle over skin.
8

Pat mustard and sugar onto the sticky fat.
9

Bake in a foil-lined pan for around 10 minutes, or until crispy and bubbly.