| Total: | 13 min |
| Prep: | 10 min |
| Cook: | 3 min |
| Yield: | small or large, depending on size of the party |
| Total: | 13 min |
| Prep: | 10 min |
| Cook: | 3 min |
| Yield: | small or large, depending on size of the party |
Ingredients
- Fig or lemon leaves, for decoration
- Chunk of good English Cheddar
- Jar of Chutney
- Baked Virginia Ham, thickly sliced, recipe follows
- Crisp apples, cut up
- Celery stalks with leaves, cut in half lengthwise
- Bunch radish, sliced in half
- Soft Hard-Boiled Eggs, recipe follows
- Baby carrots
- Loaf of crusty bread, thickly sliced
- Unsalted butter, softened
- One 14- to 16-pound fully cooked, spiral-cut smoked ham, on the bone
- 6 garlic cloves
- 8 1/2 ounces mango chutney
- 1/2 cup Dijon mustard
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 orange, zested
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 6 extra large eggs
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Decoratively arrange the fig or lemon leaves on a serving platter or cutting board. Carefully place the remaining ingredients on top of the leaves and serve.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place the ham in a heavy roasting pan.
- Mince the garlic in a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Add the chutney, mustard, brown sugar, orange zest, and orange juice and process until smooth. Pour the glaze over the ham and bake for 1 hour, until the ham is fully heated and the glaze is well browned. Serve hot or at room temperature.
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- Place the eggs a large saucepan and cover them with cool tap water. Bring the water to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for 3 minutes.
- Remove the eggs from the saucepan and immediately place them in a bowl of cold water until they are completely cool.
- Remove the shells, slice each egg in half lengthwise, sprinkle with salt and pepper and serve.
Reviews
It’s soft-boiled egg, not soft hard-boiled.
This must be the “Americanized Version” by far. The three main ingredients are Cheese, Pickle, Bread. So wheres the pickle? And virginia ham?? Yeah, thats a traditional British! Wheres the ale or beer? I could write a book here. Wow. Dear Ina, stick to cooking or making american food. I dont believe youve ever been in a working class pub in the UK. Thats fir sure. And we wouldnt want someone who denies a terminally ill child, his wish
not too difficulult. fine. But what about the 3-4 HOURS OF SHOPPING????!!!???
My favorite lunch, bar none, in the universe.
Did this lunch Christmas Eve. My and husband and I loved it. Forgot the eggs, oops! L.S., Daniels, WV
Recipe? For a ploughman’s lunch? You really must be joking! There is no fixed recipe. It’s just bread, cheese and beer (ale or bitter), such as a ploughman (farm labourer) would have for lunch. Apples? Carrots? Fig leaves? Lemon leaves? No way!
Perfect for lunch when when I was touring the British Isles.. This is SO variable, and my husband and I enjoy this type of lunch frequently. Thanks for a nice representation, Ina.
Oh, yes… I don’t even have to “assemble” this to know it’s a winner! Skip the fig or lemon leaves; for a buffet lunch, assemble a group of old, antique, blue and/or brown ‘transferware’ plates, bowls, etc. from secondhand or antique stores– the more chipped, crackled, or crazed, the better–or those old, heavy, ‘diner’ style plates, with a vase of autumn straw flowers, Chinese lanterns, perhaps a pruned-out, small branch from a maple tree? Especially if the leaves have already turned color!
Yum! Lots of ‘assembling’ but worth it. OR, you can visit a local pub and let someone else do all the ‘gathering’, prep work and just enjoy yourself. That’s a good choice too!
Haven’t tried it yet.5 star