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Christmas ham
Fruit and vegetables
1 large
onion
1 sprig
thyme
2
carrots
, peeled and roughly chopped
2
celery
sticks, roughly chopped
150g/5½oz
cherry
conserve
3cm/1¼in piece root
ginger
, finely grated
Cooking ingredients
6
cloves
4
bay leaves
few
allspice
berries
few
peppercorns
cloves
, for studding
1 tbsp light soft
brown sugar
½ tsp ground
cinnamon
Meat, fish and poultry
2.5–3kg/5–6lb 8oz
gammon
joint, smoked or unsmoked, rolled and tied
Other
100ml/3½fl oz bourbon whiskey
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