Slow Cooker Honey Roast Ham
Beautifully juicy tender ham, with the most amazing honey mustard coating. Enjoy as a main or in a sandwich!
Ingredients
- 1.6 kg (3.5 lb) boneless rolled smoked or unsmoked gammon
- 1 onion peeled and quartered
- 100 ml (½ cup) cold water
- 1 tbsp English mustard
- 1 tbsp clear honey
- 2 tbsp demerara sugar
Instructions
- Put the gammon, onion and 100ml water in the slow cooker, cover with the lid and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours (see Notes), or until the it's thoroughly cooked. The longer the gammon is cooked, the more like pulled ham it will become.
- Remove the lid, lift the pork out of the slow cooker and onto a board, and leave it to stand for 10 minutes, or until cool enough to handle.
- Preheat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas mark 7. Very carefully, snip off the string and slide a knife, in a horizontal sawing motion, between the ham rind and fat, then lift off the rind, leaving a thin layer of fat on the meat. (You may need to do this in strips.)
- Lightly score the ham fat with a knife in a crisscross pattern. Line a small roasting tin with a piece of tin foil, large enough to come up the sides of the tin. Place the ham on top, fat-side up. If the ham is thinner one end than the other, prop the short end up with a ball of crumpled tin foil, so the fat is more horizontal – this will help it brown more evenly.
- Mix the mustard, honey and sugar in a small bowl and spread it all over the ham fat. Bring the foil in towards the ham to create a bowl to catch any sticky juices. Bake the ham for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the fat is nicely browned.
- Serve in slices, warm or cold – see Notes for serving suggestions.
Notes
- The cooking time in this recipe will give you slicing ham – I cooked our slightly smaller gammon (1.3kg) for 6 hours and it was perfect. If you would like a pulled pork style texture that shreds easily, cook for 10 hours.
- This slow cooker honey roast ham is very versatile - enjoy it sliced as a main with pineapple rings, a fried egg, baked potato, mashed potatoes, winter veg piccalilli, chunky oven chips…the choice of side dishes are endless! It’s also great in a sandwich, or serve it at a buffet or enjoy in a picnic.
- Use up leftovers to make some delicious ham recipes.
Nutrition
Calories: 375kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 60g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 160mg | Sodium: 358mg | Potassium: 1028mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 0.2IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 2mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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