Making Dry-Cured Unsmoked Gammon and Bacon was once the integral part of rearing pigs โ villages would come together to help each house slaughter and cure most of the meat on the house pig or pigs that had been reared over a year.
The resulting hams, confits, bacons, salamis etc prevented the spoilage of this precious commodity and supplied quality protein to the family throughout the year.
Dry curing, which is the method we use at Northfield Farm for all of our bacon and gammon products, is the oldest method of ham curing and we believe it is still the best. We make our dry-cured unsmoked gammon with whole legs of pork – either on the bone, or with the bone removed – for up to a month.
We then air dry our gammons for up to another month before selling them as joints or delicious gammon steaks. They are especially popular at Christmas time, so be sure to order your gammon for your festive feast from your favourite local pork butcher – Northfield Farm, in Rutland and at Borough Market!
Tracy M. (verified owner) –
Slow cooked in cola then roasted – absolutely delicious
Joyce Wells (verified owner) –
Very dark. Although boiled and then roasted it was hard and tasteless. I ended up diving the better parts and discarding the rest. Very disappointing
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Martin Ansell (verified owner) –
This went down a treat really lovely
harriet (verified owner) –
Made a wonderful Christmas ham that kept us going a few days
Alex Gardiner (verified owner) –
Fantastic stuff. Would recommend to anyone, and do.
Alison Nolan (verified owner) –
Rod Stafford (verified owner) –
Quite superb – as usual!
Jayne B. (verified owner) –
Good value for money. Served 10 of us. Lovely taste.
Simon D. (verified owner) –
Armand Terruli (verified owner) –
Never fails to impress over Christmas
Peter (verified owner) –
went down a treat
Bill Whiston (verified owner) –
Tried a different method of preparing which was even more successful than previous attempts – great joint to work with and really tasty.
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Jan Huntington (verified owner) –
Magnificent, thank you
Claire A. (verified owner) –
Ian (verified owner) –
Expensive but very tasty and tender.
Armand Terruli (verified owner) –
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Great quality and taste
David M. (verified owner) –
I soaked the gammon overnight and used the cooking recipe NF helpfully sent – it was delicious !!!
Pat Griffin (verified owner) –
Peter Onslow (verified owner) –
Delicious ham, prepared by simmering, then roasting.