A gammon steak is a cured pork steak, already seasoned by the brine, and it cooks like a thick rasher rather than a roast. Gammon Steak 2x 8oz is two 8oz steaks, which is two plates or a very decent share with eggs. Find them in gammon steaks and in mixed grill next to sausages and a beef steak.
Pan and grill
Snip the fat edge in two or three places so the steak does not cup as it cooks. Medium-high pan, a film of oil, 4 minutes first side, 4 minutes second side for an 8oz steak. You want colour on the fat and a hot centre; gammon is cured, so you are not chasing a rare middle like beef. Rest 3 minutes. A fried egg, pineapple if you must, or a fried tomato is the plate. Grill: high, 5 minutes a side, tray underneath for the fat. Do not add salt until you taste; the cure is already there. A little black pepper and a smear of mustard in the last minute is plenty.
Oven, air fryer and BBQ
Oven: 200°C for 12 to 14 minutes, turning once. Air fryer: 190°C for 10 to 12 minutes. BBQ: 4 minutes a side over medium heat, not the hottest coals or the fat flare-up will blacken the edge. All of those times assume the 8oz steak from fridge-cold, patted dry. If you glaze with honey, do it for the last 2 minutes only.
Steak versus joint
Boneless Gammon Joint 1kg is a different cook — an hour-plus roast from gammon joint — and it will not work on a week-night pan. Steaks are the 10-minute gammon. Pair with 6x Pork Sausages - 350g Pack if you are building a mixed grill, and with eggs or mash if it is a lone supper. Leftover cooked gammon steak, cooled and sliced, is a better sandwich than most ham. Shop breakfast meats when the same order needs bacon too.
Two 8oz steaks are two dinners, or one dinner and a sandwich the next day if you cook both and chill the second. Do not recook the leftover steak from cold in a dry pan until it buckles; slice it and warm it gently, or eat it cold. Gammon is already salty, so buttery mash and peas are a better plate than more bacon on the side.
Snip the fat, 4 minutes a side, rest, egg. That is an 8oz gammon steak, and it is one of the faster proper dinners we sell.