Bikers' Boxing Day leftovers lunch

The menu

• Light meals & snacks

  Chestnut, roasted butternut squash and Bramley apple soup

• Main course

  Honey and marmalade-glazed gammon joint

• Side dishes

  Bubble and squeak and candied shallots

• Desserts

  Christmas panna cotta

Menu ingredients

Serves 10

• Fruit and vegetables

  • 1.5kg/3lb 5oz butternut squash, seeds removed, flesh cut into large wedges

  • 1 onion, chopped

  • 1 garlic clove, finely chopped

  • 1 Bramley apple, peeled, core removed, flesh chopped

  • 1 sprig fresh thyme

  • 2 onions, peeled, halved

  • 3 oranges, zest of three, juice of two

  • apple compote

  • pickled red cabbage

  • 30 shallots, peeled

  • 1 lemon, zest only

  • 1 tsp dried thyme

  • 2 leeks, washed, sliced

  • 1.25kg /2lb 12oz potatoes, peeled, boiled, mashed and left to cool

  • 750g/1lb 10oz spring cabbage, finely shredded, blanched (or leftover cooked cabbage or Brussels sprouts)

  • 1 handful berries, such as redcurrants, to serve

• Tins, packets and jars

  • 3 heaped tbsp orange marmalade

  • 3 tbsp wholegrain mustard

• Cooking ingredients

  • 5 tbsp olive oil

  • 2 litres/3½ pints hot chicken or vegetable stock

  • 500g/1lb 2oz chestnuts, roasted and peeled, plus extra, sliced, to serve

  • 400g/14oz ready-made chestnut purée

  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

  • truffle oil, for drizzling

  • 8 cloves, plus extra for studding the gammon

  • 120g/4oz soft brown sugar

  • 3 tbsp clear honey

  • 3 tbsp caster sugar

  • 600ml/1 pint beef stock

  • 1 fresh bay leaf

  • 3 tbsp olive oil

  • sea salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper

  • 4 tbsp raisins

  • 6 gelatine sheets

  • 120g/4½oz caster sugar

  • 1 tsp ground ginger

  • 1 tsp ground allspice

  • ¼ tsp nutmeg, to taste

  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon

• Drinks

  • fresh orange juice, to cover

  • 200ml/7fl oz red wine

  • 125ml/4fl oz port

  • 4 tbsp dark rum

• Dairy, eggs and chilled

  • double cream, for drizzling (optional)

  • 150g/5oz butter

  • 1 litre/1¾ pints double cream

• Meat, fish and poultry

  • 6kg/13lb 3½oz gammon joint

• Other

  • 2 potatoes, cut into cubes

  • 2 bay leaves

  • water, to cover

  • 4 large bay leaves

  • crème de cassis

By The Hairy Bikers