for 4 person

Smoked ham

3 litre	water, boiling
1	smoked ham (approx. 1.1 kg)

Beans

100 g	dried beans
1 sprig	thyme
1 tbsp	butter
1	shallot, finely chopped
¾ tsp	salt
a little	pepper

Ginger & mustard sauce

3 tbsp	mild mustard
1 tbsp	coarse-grain mustard
100 g	sour single cream
1	apple, diced
1 tbsp	ginger, finely grated
2	dried figs, diced
1 tbsp	lemon juice

How it's done

Smoked ham

Bring the water to the boil in a tall pan. Add the ham, reduce to a low heat and cook at just below the boil for approx. 1 hr.

Beans

Cover the beans with water, add the thyme, bring to the boil, cover and cook for approx. 30 mins. until just soft. Set aside approx. 100 ml of cooking water, drain the beans, remove the thyme. Heat the butter in a pan. Sauté the shallot, add the beans and reserved cooking water, simmer for approx. 5 mins., season.

Ginger & mustard sauce

Mix the mustard with all the other ingredients up to and including the lemon juice. Cut the smoked ham into slices. Serve with the beans and ginger & mustard sauce.

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