Nigella's Coca-Cola Ham recipe:
2kg mild cure gammon
2 litres Coca Cola (minus 2 tablespoons) - Full Fat - no diet rubbish please!
1 onion, peeled & cut in half
100g fresh breadcrumbs (made from approx 4-5 pieces of bread)
100g dark muscovado sugar
2 tablespoons dijon mustard
2 tablespoons Coca Cola
Put gammon in a pan, skin side down, add onion & pour over the coke.
Bring to the boil, reduce to a good simmer, put the lid on, but not tightly and cook for just under 2 and a half hours.
Meanwhile preheat oven to gas mark 7 / 210C
When the ham has had it's time (Yes - it's now a ham as it's cooked!), take it out of the pan, reserve the liquid (optional) and let it cool for ease of handling.
Remove skin leaving a thin layer of fat. Mix breadcrumbs, sugar and mustard to a thick stiff paste using the 2 tablespoons of coke. Slap the mustardy crust on the ham and put it crust-side up on a roasting tray and cook in the oven for 10-15 minutes. If you have let it cool completely, then cook it for 30-40 mins from room temperature in a gas mark 4 / 180c oven.
If you've reserved the cooking liquid, you can make 'South Beach Black Bean Soup'. Add 500g black beans to the liquid, plus 250ml of water & the juice and zest of a lime. Cook and then puree, add more lime or balsamic vinegar and a handful of fresh chopped coriander.
Enjoy!!