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    Home » Instant Pot Duo Crisp

    Instant Pot Duo Crisp Cranberry-Glazed Gammon

    Published: Dec 6, 2020 · Modified: Dec 19, 2024 by Maria Bravo · This post may contain affiliate links · 4 Comments

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    Gammon is a Christmas and Sunday dinner classic and this Instant Pot Duo Crisp Cranberry-Glazed Gammon is so easy! It will work in any multi cooker / pressure cooker with air fryer lid and even first in the pressure cooker and then in your air fryer. Pressure cooking it first means a juicier ham.

    Cranberry-Glazed Gammon in the Instant Pot Duo Crisp - sliced and looking good
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    • 📖 Recipe
    • I DON'T HAVE AN INSTANT POT DUO CRISP OR AIR FRYER LID, CAN I DO GLAZE MY GAMMON IN THE OVEN?
    • SHOULD YOU CHOOSE SMOKED OR UNSMOKED GAMMON?
    • HOW LONG SHOULD YOU PRESSURE COOK GAMMON?
    • DO I HAVE TO USE THIS MUCH LIQUID?
    • CAN YOU PRESSURE COOK CRANBERRY SAUCE?
    • DOES IT HAVE TO BE CRANBERRY GLAZED?
    • WHAT OTHER GLAZES CAN I USE?
    • PRESSURE COOKING THEN AIR FRYING GAMMON OR HAM

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    Instant Pot Duo Crisp Cranberry-Glazed Gammon

    Instant Pot Duo Crisp Cranberry-Glazed Gammon

    Maria Bravo
    Gammon is a Christmas and Sunday dinner classic and this Cranberry-Glazed Gammon in the Instant Pot Duo Crisp is so easy! Christmas ham doesn't get much more festive
    5 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Cook Time 1 hour hr
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine British
    Servings 8 people, can be scaled up or down
    Calories 181 kcal

    Equipment

    • Instant Pot Duo Crisp

    Ingredients
      

    • 1.160 kg unsmoked gammon this was the weight of my gammon, you can buy a smaller or bigger gammon, of course, just follow the guidelines in my How to Pressure Cook Gammon to find my pressure cooking timings with more guidelines in the recipe card below (I've got you covered!)
    • 2 litres water cold
    • 6-8 garlic cloves
    • 1 bay leaf
    • 1 carrot large

    Glaze

    • cranberry sauce or, of course, glaze of your choice (honey and mustard, chilli jam and orange marmalade are great gammon glazes)

    Instructions
     

    • Cook my Cranberry Sauce recipe, it’s so easy! You can do this ahead or, if you have two Instant Pots or electric pressure cookers, cook the cranberry sauce while the gammon is cooking.
      How to pressure cook Cranberry Sauce (with Instant Pot instructions)
    • Place the gammon in the inner pot with the water, carrot and garlic cloves.
      Cranberry-Glazed Gammon in the Instant Pot Duo Crisp - all ingredients in inner pot for pressure cooking
    • Press Pressure Cook and programme 25 minutes, calculate 11 minutes per 500 g based on the weight of your gammon joint (and make sure you read my full post on how to pressure cook a gammon).
    • At the end of pressure cooking time, do a full natural pressure release if you have time. If you’re out of time, you can release the rest of the steam trapped inside after 15 minutes but not any earlier, meat needs the natural pressure release or it can go tough.
    • Reserve the liquid (fantastic in soups and, of course, my Gammon Rice), clean and dry the inner pot and put back in the base. Or swap to a clean spare inner pot.
    • Place the joint directly on trivet / steamer rack OR on a dish on trivet / steamer reack like I did (mine is an enamel pie dish from Aldi) and apply half of the glaze.
      Cranberry-Glazed Gammon in the Instant Pot Duo Crisp - first glaze
    • Place Air Fryer Lid on, press Broil and programme 5 minutes at 204ºC / 400ºF then apply the rest of the glaze and broil for another 5 minutes at 204ºC / 400ºF.
      Cranberry-Glazed Gammon in the Instant Pot Duo Crisp - after second glaze

    Video

    Notes

    *Instant Pot Terminology
    Natural pressure release (NPR, also called natural release or NR) means letting the float valve pop back down of its own accord, so basically you don’t need to do anything at the end and can keep your feet up. If it takes over 15 minutes, you're ok to release the rest of the steam (by turning the steam release handle to Venting) that may be left in order to unlock and open the lid.
    Quick pressure release (QPR, also called quick release or QR) means venting the steam as soon as the pressure cooking process finishes, i.e. moving the steam release handle from Sealing to Venting.
    Sometimes you'll see me talk of a combination of NPR followed by a QPR. For example a recipe may have a 4 minute NPR followed by a QPR. You wait for 4 minutes at the end of the pressure cooking time and then do a QPR by moving the steam release handle from Sealing to Venting. 

    Nutrition

    Calories: 181kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 32gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 90mgSodium: 116mgPotassium: 554mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 1285IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 24mgIron: 1mg
    Keyword Christmas ham, cranberry, cranberry sauce, gammon, ham
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    A Christmas Ham that you can cook all year round with any glaze!

    I DON'T HAVE AN INSTANT POT DUO CRISP OR AIR FRYER LID, CAN I DO GLAZE MY GAMMON IN THE OVEN?

    If you don't have the Instant Pot Duo Crisp or Air Fryer Lid, you will need a hot oven and two glazes too, it might take a bit longer to glaze in the oven. Make sure you preheat that oven well

    M&S Free Range Unsmoked Gammon Joint I use

    SHOULD YOU CHOOSE SMOKED OR UNSMOKED GAMMON?

    I always choose unsmoked gammon as I find I then don’t have a need to rinse or soak to get rid of the saltiness.

    However, some people do still find that unsmoked gammon can be quite salty for their taste.

    A trick: To make sure that the gammon you bought doesn’t need soaking, just slice a small bit and quickly pan fry it and taste it, this will reassure about salt levels for your own taste.

    HOW LONG SHOULD YOU PRESSURE COOK GAMMON?

    I have a full post about How to Pressure Cook a Gammon, make sure you have a good read as it has lots of details but, to cut to the chase, my favourite timing is 11 minutes per 500 g, so basically 2.2 minutes per 100 g (if that makes it easier for you to make the math).

    So, for the 1.160 gammon joint that I used for this recipe, I multiplied: 11 x 2.2 = 24.2, so I just rounded up to 25 minutes.

    It was perfect!

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    DO I HAVE TO USE THIS MUCH LIQUID?

    No, you don’t, in fact 500 ml will be enough and, in that case, you can put the gammon on the trivet.

    That said, I love that gammon can be very thrifty and I like to make it go a long way.

    So I cook it with plenty of water to make stock that I can then use in other dishes (with some of the leftover gammon too).

    Some ideas to cook with the gammon stock and any left over gammon:

    • Gammon Rice
    • Ham and Cabbage Soup
    How to pressure cook Cranberry Sauce (with Instant Pot instructions)

    CAN YOU PRESSURE COOK CRANBERRY SAUCE?

    Yes, you can, in fact my Cranberry Sauce recipe is so easy, you’ll be pressure cooking it every year!

    The cooked garlic cloves will be soft and delicious, squeeze the soft garlic (it’s a bit like garlic purée) and blend with the carrot and some of the stock for a delicious sauce or make a soup.

    DOES IT HAVE TO BE CRANBERRY GLAZED?

    Of course not. You can use your favourite glazes and follow the method described in this recipe. You've got this!

    WHAT OTHER GLAZES CAN I USE?

    Honey and mustard, chilli jam, orange marmalade and even blueberry and lemon marmalade make fantastic glazes.

    But, I loved loved loved this Instant Pot Duo Crisp Cranberry-Glazed Gammon.

    PRESSURE COOKING THEN AIR FRYING GAMMON OR HAM

    First we’re going to pressure cook the gammon with the pressure cooking lid.

    Cranberry-Glazed Gammon in the Instant Pot Duo Crisp - all ingredients in inner pot for pressure cooking

    Then we’re going to glaze it with the Air Fryer Lid, making the most of the Instant Pot Duo Crisp’s additional air fryer functions. It will work the same if you have a Ninja Foodi.

    Cranberry-Glazed Gammon in the Instant Pot Duo Crisp - after second glaze

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    About Maria Bravo

    Kitchen Gadget Geek extraordinaire. Tester of all things kitchen appliance. Clumsy cook, if I can't break it and get the most of it, you know that's a good kitchen gadget! Architect of online communities for kitchen gadget lovers

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    1. Lorretta says

      January 10, 2021 at 5:32 pm

      5 stars
      This is now my go to recipe for cooking gammon. I use a different glaze but have found 11 minutes per 500g is perfect. Stock is saved as a great basis for soups and casseroles.

      Reply
      • Maria says

        January 11, 2021 at 6:34 pm

        That makes me so happy Lorretta. Thanks so much for letting me know, Maria

        Reply
    2. Emma says

      April 17, 2022 at 12:38 pm

      5 stars
      I made this the other day and it was delicious! I’m doing the same tomorrow as part of a menu to feed a crowd and have a 3.5KG gammon (just fits in my Instapot!). Should I stick to the air fryer timings at the end or increase that time for such a large joint? Thank you

      Reply
      • Maria says

        April 17, 2022 at 12:43 pm

        So glad you enjoyed it Emma! Start with the same air fryer timings for the glaze and increase as necessary. My theory is that you can add time but never take it away 😉

        Definitely make sure you calculate the timings for the pressure cooker part though based on this https://www.feistytapas.com/2016/09/how-to-pressure-cook-gammon-jointham-in/

        Also, make sure the joint is not too big and doesn't interfere with the pressure cooker valves as it sounds huge!

        Can't wait to hear how it turns out,

        Maria

        Reply

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