Budget food/living

Ham joints were reduced from £8 to £2.
I had always wanted to try cooking a ham in Coca Cola (...)

Just remembered this while shopping when I saw reduced knuckle of pork.
Never cooked with Coke before, actually can't remember cooking knuckles of pork myself yet either.
Bought the thing anyway.

So, I forgot that Nigella's recipe actually calls for smoked meat.

So!
Will cooking this knuckle in coke work / taste good?
Or can anybody suggest a suiting recipe?
Thanks!