Ham Hock Slow-Roasted in Apple Juice

We're lucky enough to live within walking distance of Victoria Park, which means we have the following wonders on our doorstep:

1.)  Coffee at the Pavilion Cafe.

2.)  The Ginger Pig, where, it turns out, you can buy a ham hock for £4.  Yay!

We studded the hock with cloves, then nestled it carefully into the slow cooker, where it got covered with apple juice and surrounded by shallots and garlic.

Slow cooker on, sofa and telly action for us.  After about five hours, the hock looked like this:

SCRUM.  Some roasted parsnips and cabbage completed the meal.

The best thing about a roast hock?  Cold ham for the next couple of days for sandwiches.  A ham, tomato and mustard sandwich takes some beating, I think you'll agree.