Si and Dave served up a tasty cherries and bourbon glazed gammon ham with butternut squash salad on The Hairy Bikers Home for Christmas.

The ingredients are: 2.5–3kg gammon joint, smoked or unsmoked, rolled and tied, 1 large onion, 6 cloves, 4 bay leaves, 1 sprig thyme, few allspice berries, 2 carrots, peeled and roughly chopped, 2 celery sticks, roughly chopped and few peppercorns.

For the glaze: cloves, for studding, 150g cherry conserve, 100ml bourbon whiskey, 3cm piece root ginger, finely grated, 1 tbsp light soft brown sugar and ½ tsp ground cinnamon.

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