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Coca Cola Ham

A cured ham braised in Coca-Cola with onion, then glazed with molasses, mustard and sugar and baked until burnished and bubbly.

Cook Just under 2 1/2 hours

From Nigella.com by Nigella Lawson

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Illustration of Coca Cola Ham
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Ingredients

  • 4 1/2 lb cured but uncooked ham
  • 1 onion, peeled and cut in half
  • 3 1/2 pints Coca-Cola
  • 1 handful cloves
  • 1 tbsp black molasses, heaped
  • 2 tsp English mustard powder
  • 2 tbsp turbinado sugar

Steps

1Braise the ham in Coca-Cola

  1. Put the 4 1/2 lb cured but uncooked ham in a pan, skin-side down if it fits like that.
  2. Add 1 onion, peeled and cut in half.
  3. Pour over the 3 1/2 pints Coca-Cola.
  4. Bring to the boil.
  5. Reduce to a good simmer.
  6. Put the lid on, though not tightly.
  7. Cook for just under 2 1/2 hours.

2Meanwhile: heat the oven

  1. Preheat the oven to 240°C/gas mark 9/450ºF.

3Score and glaze the ham

  1. Take the ham out of the pan and let it cool a little for ease of handling.
  2. Remove the skin, leaving a thin layer of fat.
  3. Score the fat with a sharp knife to make fairly large diamond shapes.
  4. Stud each diamond with 1 handful cloves.
  5. Carefully spread the 1 heaped tbsp black molasses over the scored fat, taking care not to dislodge the cloves.
  6. Gently pat the 2 tsp English mustard powder onto the sticky fat.
  7. Gently pat the 2 tbsp turbinado sugar onto the sticky fat.

4Bake the glaze

  1. Cook in a foil-lined roasting tin for approximately 10 minutes, or until the glaze is burnished and bubbly.