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Main-Pork/Ham: Emeril's Sugar Baked Ham

Source of Recipe

Emeril Lagasse


List of Ingredients

12 sugarcane swizzle sticks, each cut into 3" pieces
1 10 lb hickory smoked ham, spiral sliced (no bone, water added and cooked )
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup Steen's 100% Pure Cane Syrup
1/2 cup dark molasses
1/2 cup dark corn syrup
1/8 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/4 cup water
4 granny smith apple
4 Bartlett pears
2 dozen baked buttermilk biscuits


Recipe

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line a shallow baking pan with parchment or waxed paper. Insert the sugarcane sticks into the ham at 3 to 4-inch intervals. Tie the ham, using kitchen twine, at two inch intervals horizontally and vertically to keep it together. Place on a wire rack in the baking pan. In a mixing bowl, combine all of the ingredients together except for the mustard and water. Mix well. In a small bowl, dissolve the mustard in the water, then add to the spice mixture. Blend well. Yields: 2 1/2 cups

Brush the entire ham with the glaze, coating it evenly. Wash, core, and halve the fruit. Place all around the ham. Baste the ham a second time and baste the fruit with the glaze. Bake for 45 minutes. Baste the ham and fruit again. Bake another 45 minutes. Remove the ham from the oven and let it rest for 5 minutes. Remove and discard the string and swizzle sticks. Serve the apples and pears on a platter with the ham. Serve everything warm or at room temperature. Serve the biscuits on the side.