Currant-Glazed Ham

Name: Currant-Glazed Ham
Ingredients: 1 (10-ounce) jar red currant jelly; 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 1 cup orange juice; 1/2 cup dry sherry; 3 tablespoons spicy brown mustard; 1 (8- to 10-pound) smoked, fully cooked bone-in ham half; 36 whole cloves

7 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

1 (10-ounce) jar red currant jelly
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup orange juice
1/2 cup dry sherry
3 tablespoons spicy brown mustard
1 (8- to 10-pound) smoked, fully cooked bone-in ham half
36 whole cloves

Directions

1

Combine jelly and next 4 ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium heat; cook, stirring constantly, until jelly melts and mixture is smooth. Set jelly mixture aside.
2

Remove skin from ham, trimming fat to 1/4-inch thickness. Make shallow cuts in fat 1 inch apart in a diamond pattern. Push clove stems into center of each diamond.
3

Place ham in a lightly greased roasting pan, and pour jelly mixture evenly over ham.
4

Bake on lower oven rack at 350° for 2 hours and 30 minutes, basting with pan juices every 15 to 20 minutes. Remove ham from oven; let stand 20 minutes before carving.