York Ham and Pease Pudding

split peas

🥗Healthier: green lentils

💰Cheaper: dried chickpeas

Green lentils cook faster and are lower in calories.

ham hock

🥗Healthier: turkey leg

💰Cheaper: smoked sausage

Turkey leg provides a leaner option while still offering flavor.

Soak 250 grams of yellow split peas overnight.

Strain the soaked peas, reserving the water for flavor.

Place the peas into a muslin cloth along with 2 roughly chopped onions.

Tie the muslin cloth tightly with string.

Put the muslin cloth with peas and onions into a large pot with the gammon.

Add cauliflower leaves, cabbage leaves, carrot peelings, and onion skins for flavor.

Cover the gammon with water and add enough full fat Coca-Cola to ensure it's covered.

Bring the pot to a boil, then simmer slightly less than a simmer for 2 hours and 20 minutes, cooking for 20 minutes per 500 grams of gammon.

Remove the gammon from the pot half an hour before it's fully cooked to braise it in port.

Glaze the gammon after removing the netting and skin, leaving most of the fat on.

Transfer the gammon to a roasting tray and score the fat.

Glaze with either icing sugar, demerara sugar, or honey before finishing in the oven.

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