Honey roasted gammon and apples with champ

by Paul Warburton on 19 March 2010  |  3 comments
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Check out this delicious recipe for honey roasted gammon and apples with champ - for just £1.45 per person!

Check out this amazing recipe for Honey roasted gammon and apples with champ – for £1.45 per person!

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Honey roasted gammon and apples with champ (Serves 4)

This recipe lands smack bang in the middle of the comfort range when it comes to food. It certainly evokes memories of eating at my grandmothers when I was a young child - the champ is traditionally Irish as well so fits nicely for this week’s St Patricks day celebrations (which I’m sure are still in full swing in Ireland).    

Ingredients

• 750g unsmoked gammon joint (£3.72)
• 4 basic loose apples (44p)
• 1 bunch of spring onions (64p)
• 2.5kg bag of basic potatoes (99p)

The cupboard staples...

Butter, milk, salt, black pepper, sugar and honey

Total cost

If you already have the cupboard staples, then according to mysupermarket.co.uk, this trolley was cheapest at Sainsbury’s where it came to £5.79 - that's £1.45 per head!

Instructions

• Place the gammon in a large pan of cold water and bring up to the simmer (add a bay leaf, peppercorns and an onion if you have lurking anywhere – it doesn’t matter too much if not). You’ll need to simmer for 1 hour and then remove and drain. You can keep the cooking liquor for a stock or soup.
• Now preheat the oven to 220C. Whist the oven is heating up, you can make the glaze for the gammon and prepare the apples; just mix together 4 tablespoons of water and 3 tablespoons of honey – easy! For the apples quarter, take out the core and toss in a little olive oil, then season with a little sugar and black pepper.
• Next up, make some scores on the fat of the gammon and season with black pepper only. Then place in a roasting tin and spread the honey mixture all over the surface of the gammon along with the quartered apples in the roasting tin. Place in the oven and cook for 25 minutes. Rest for 15 minutes once cooked.
• Whilst the gammon is cooking you can make the champ. Boil 1kg of potatoes and then drain and mash along with some finely sliced spring onions (the whole bunch), 2 tablespoons of butter, a dash of milk and salt and pepper.
• Once the gammon has rested slice in nice thick slices, spoon over the roasted apples and a big dollop of champ on the side - Happy eating!

A bit about the Frugal Recipes chef, Paul Warburton

Paul Warburton, a lovemoney.com staff member, had a hectic career in the world of hot kitchens and screaming chefs before joining the lovemoney.com products development team.

During these years, under the tutorage of some great chefs, he honed his skills in cooking for numbers within a tight cost and portion-controlled environment.

Now he's planning to regularly offer his help to all budding chefs in the lovemoney.com community, so you can enjoy his original, low-cost recipes with your family and friends every Friday for free!

What lovemoney.com readers have said about Paul's other recipes

"We enjoyed this recipe very much: easy to make and even easier to eat!" varneyrob

"I made this recipe and it was absolutely delicious! Seriously good! Five of us feasted on it, and feasted well..." Ibeshy

"I made this recipe on Saturday night, and my 13 year-old son promptly requested it again for the following night!" Malcolm Wheatley

"This is a cracking risotto recipe. Just had it for lunch & it's a winner. More recipes please. Thanks." SavvyLass

"Another delicious offering from Paul. Thank you - keep 'em coming!" Palefire

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If you like this recipe, why not also try Paul's other Frugal Recipes:

 Hot chocolate fondants with crème Chantilly Shin of beef, kidney and ale pie Tandoori chicken with coconut rice & mint raita | Homemade gnocchi with a tomato & thyme sauce, spinach and ricotta  | Frugal Pancakes | Griddled black pudding, chimichurri mash and caramelised apples  | Mixed bean and coriander green curry with fragrant rice  | Lamb koftas with a feta, mint and chickpea salad & chilli grilled pittas  | Pork, rosemary and white bean ravioli with a chilli tomato sauce  | Sausage & leek casserole with parsley dumpings | Pork, chorizo & cannellini bean stew | Rabbit, bacon & thyme pie | Potato rosti with creamed spinach and poached egg | Pumpkin and sage risotto | Slow braised oxtail with autumn mash | Spiced whole mackerel with chickpea salad | Twice cooked belly pork (with gravy) parsnips and sweet apple red cabbage | Roasted pheasant | Portobello mushroom, port and stilton wellington | Lemon tart with fresh vanilla mascarpone | Massaman curry |  Smoked mackerel pate on crostini and red onion confit  |Rolled breast of lamb with garlic mash and Savoy cabbage | Lemon & rosemary chicken thighs |  Thai Pollock curry with egg noodles | Chunky pea and ham soup| Spaghetti alla carbonara | Pork stroganoff | Green chilli meat balls, sunflower seed couscous salad and mint yoghurt |  Tagliatelle with air dried cured ham and minted peas | Beef, thyme and mushroom loaf with potato dauphinoise | Mixed bean and coriander green curry with fragrant rice | Egg Florentine with smoked cheddar and rocket salad | Beef, mushroom and thyme pie | Spicy tuna, bean and coriander lasagne |  Beef koftas with a feta, spinach and fresh mint salad | Chorizo and pea risotto | Sausage and rosemary hotpot | Beef & thyme (Lancashire) hotpot

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