Ham It Up!
Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins
Preparation Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 4 hrs
Ingredients
- Servings: 24
- 1 (15 lb) bone-in ham, whole, fully cooked
- 1/2 cup red currant jelly
- 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
- 4 teaspoons dry mustard
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 cups chopped fresh pineapple
- 1 mango, peeled & chopped
- 1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 tablespoon minced jalapeno pepper
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh mint
- 1 tablespoon liquid honey
Recipe
- 1 place ham, fat side up, on rack in roasting pan; pour in 2 cups of water.
- 2 cover tightly with foil & roast in 325f oven for 3 hours.
- 3 brown sugar glaze: combine all ingredients in a bowl; set aside.
- 4 red currant glaze: combine all ingredients in a bowl; set aside.
- 5 remove ham from oven and remove skin (if present) by sliding a sharp knife underneath the skin & lifting it off; trim fat layer to ¼ in thickness and diagonally score the fat side to form diamond shapes.
- 6 brush about 1/3 of the glaze of your choice over the ham; continue roasting, brushing 2 more times with the glaze, until crusty, caramel-colour and meat thermometer inserted into the center registers 140f, about an hour.
- 7 transfer to cutting board & tent with foil; let rest about 20 minutes.
- 8 orange cranberry sauce can be made up to 24 hours in advance: bring all ingredients (except corn starch) to a boil in a heavy saucepan; reduce heat & simmer for 10 minutes.
- 9 whisk cornstarch with 2 tbsp water; whisk into saucepan & cook, stirring constantly, until thickened, about 1 minute.
- 10 fresh pineapple salsa can be made up to 24 hours in advance: combine all ingredients in a bowl.
- 11 to carve the ham: cut down to bone into ¼ inch thick slices; with knife parallel to the bone, cut off slices parallel to the bone.
- 12 serve the ham with sauce or salsa – your choice!
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