Tonight I cut most of the remaining meat and set it aside as I made the cheese sauce.
I made my usual roux with the butter and flour, whisking the milk so that the sauce didn't get lumpy. I used cheddar cheese and stilton blue cheese and added the usual teaspoon of dijon mustard, salt&pepper and a few drops of Tabasco Smoked Chipotle sauce. Instead of adding more milk to thin out the sauce I used some of the liquid from boiling the gammon and also added some of the celery and carrots . At the last minute I usually add a glug or two of white wine and from this point it will stay at the thickness.
When the sauce was the thickness I wanted I added the chopped ham.
I had bought some German Christmas noodles at Aldi in the week before Christmas so I made those up in some boiling water and when they were ready, they were drained and the sauce poured over.
Served with a green salad and a yummy dinner all round. The only thing left is to boil the gammon bones to make a stock and a lentil and ham soup will magically appear!
I'm imagining the smell of lentil and ham soup now... You chose well to get a Ham with the bone in.
ReplyDelete