Sugar House Ham

Name: Sugar House Ham
Ingredients: 8 pound ham; 3 quarts apple juice; 2 cups maple sugar; 1 teaspoon prepared mustard; 2 teaspoons cloves, ground; 1/4 cup water; 2 cups raisins, seedless

7 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

8 pound ham
3 quarts apple juice
2 cups maple sugar
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
2 teaspoons cloves, ground
1/4 cup water
2 cups raisins, seedless

Directions

1

Bring the apple juice or maple sap to a boil and place ham into it.
2

Cover and simmer over low heat for 3 hours, or until the ham is tender.
3

Remove meat from liquid and trim off rind only.
4

Place the sugar, mustard, cloves and water in saucepan, and add one cup of the cooking juice and 2 cups of the raisins.
5

Simmer 5 minutes, and plavce ham in dripping pan and pour sauce over it.
6

Bake at 300F (150C) for 30 minutes.
7

Thicken the juice to taste with browned flour, blended with cold water.
8

Serve the delicious sauce with the warm ham.