(Callan bacon product used: Half Horseshoe joint)

Ingredients:
Half horseshoe joint
Roughly chopped onion
1 carrot
Handful of cloves
1 pint cider
¼ pint cream
4 eating apples
2 tea sp Dijon mustard
2 table sp icing sugar
2ozs butter
Seasoning
Pinch of nutmeg

Method:

1.    Place ham in large saucepan & place vegetables, cloves together with ½ pint cider, 1  pint of water. Bring to the boil & simmer for 2-2 ½ hours. Cool for a few minutes.
2.    Remove tough outer skin. Place ham on a tray. Score fat in a criss cross fashion & sprinkle with icing sugar. Place under a grill for a few minutes. Cover with tin-foil and rest for 10 minutes before carving.
3.    In 2ozs of butter fry off 4 sliced & cored eating apples for 3-4 minutes. Add mustard & ½ pint of cider and let it bubble. (reduce) for 3-4 minutes. Add cream. Seasoning but meg.


Dish created by Trisha Hennessy