Ham with cider sauce

Name: Ham with cider sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 1kg/2¼libra ham (smoked or unsmoked), a smoked ham will need soaking in cold water overnight.; 4 carrots, cut length ways; 3 sticks celery, 4cm/1½in pieces; 1 leek, 4cm/1½in pieces; 2 onions, quartered; 3 bay leaves and parsley stalks; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 200 ml/7fl ounces cider; 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped; 30g/1 ounces beurre manie (12.5g butter and 12.5g flour)

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Main Dish

Very Easy

1 h 5 m

Preparation

Preparation15 min

Cook time50 min

Place pre-soaked ham in a large lidded pot with carrots, celery, leek, onion, bayleaves and parsley stalks.
Cover with enough fresh water and bring to the boil. When boiling turn down to a slow simmer with lid on and cook for 30-40 minutes.
Prepare sauce. Finely chop onion and sweat in a little butter until soft, add cider and some of the stock from the ham to make up to approximately 500ml/16½fl oz.
Bring to the boil and simmer, add small pieces of beurre manie to reach required consistency.
Bubble for 2-3 minutes, remove from heat, add chopped parsley and seasoning to taste.
Slice ham, pour over a sauce and serve with either baked potato or mashed potato and swede or green vegetables.

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