Pig and Coke

[Maccapacca]

Bought a massive gammon joint at Christmas but I couldn't find a pan big enough to cook it in so cut it in half and froze it, I did this with the other half so this one is my second go at Pork & Coke.

Recipe is all over the place on the net mostly by Nigella.

Start off with 2.2kg of smoked gammon from the butchers


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Find an appropriate pot


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Introduce some Coke to the Pig, full fat no diet or zero round here


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Action shot


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All done


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One onion


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Quartered


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And in the pot


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Leave for 24hrs


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Assemble man tools


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Make tea


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For the wife I don't drink tea


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My opponent


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Defeated


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My daughter takes picture with camera of her rabbit


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24 hrs later


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The Coke has taken on or lost its colour


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Start heating


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Skim off scum


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Lid on and simmer for 2 and half hours


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Do the washing up


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2 and half hours later


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Remove skin with filleting knife


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Score in diamonds and clove each one


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Add these three, treacle sugar then mustard then in oven @ 180 for 10 minutes if hot from simmering or 40 - 50 minutes from cold, you can simmer in the Coke and leave to cool


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Take some spuds you really should have used already


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Find your bay tree


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Combine with a pinch of salt


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Take the liquor left from the coke, sieve and reduce


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Ham from oven yum yum


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Chefs bits


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Looking good


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Rest my pretty


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Mash the potatoes with some wholegrain mustard and some veg, cover in the reduced gravy


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Fed the family, enough for dinner tomorrow and 'pulled' all the rest of the pork for sandwiches, you beauty

Oh and I polished some 50 cal dummies


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