Ham Recipes
Ginger-Glazed Baked Ham
Yield: 12 generous servings
Ingredients
Ham
- 1 (7 to 8 pound) fully cooked, bone-in ham butt or boneless ham
- 6 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon ground cloves
Glaze
- 1 cup ginger ale
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- About 24 whole cloves
Instructions
- Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Wipe ham with damp paper towels.
Ham
- In large bowl combine flour, 2 tablespoons ginger, the cloves and salt; mix well. Gradually add 2 cups cold water, mixing well with fork. On a lightly floured board, mold dough around top and sides of ham.
- Place on rack in shallow roasting pan; insert meat thermometer in center away from bone and bake until internal temperature is 130 degrees F (about 2 hours).
- Meanwhile, make glaze.
Glaze
- Combine ingredients in small saucepan; bring to boiling, stirring. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, and stirring occasionally for 40 to 60 minutes (glaze should measure 1 cup).
- Remove pastry covering from ham; discard. With a sharp knife, lift off skin. In outside layer, make diagonal cuts, 1 1/4 inches apart, to form a diamond pattern. Stud center of each diamond with a whole clove.
- Brush ham well with glaze and bake for 25 minutes, brushing twice more. Ham will be shiny and glazed.