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Christmas: Cranberry-Orange Glazed Ham

Source of Recipe


From "Bounty of Biltmore Cookbook"



List of Ingredients



• 1 (5- to 7-pound) smoked, fully cooked ham half
  
• Whole cloves
  
• 1-1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar, divided
  
• 3/4 cup cranberry juice cocktail
  
• 1/4 cup honey
  
• 2 Tbsp cider vinegar
  
• 2 tsp all-purpose flour
  
• 1-1/2 Tbsp prepared mustard
  
• 1-1/2 Tbsp butter
  
• Fresh cranberries and orange slices, for garnish
  






Instructions



1. Preheat the oven to 325°F.
   Slice the skin away from ham. Using the tip of a sharp knife, score the fat on the ham in a diamond design and stud with whole cloves. Place the ham, fat-side up, on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour.
   
   
2. Meanwhile, combine 1/4 cup brown sugar, cranberry juice, honey, vinegar, flour, mustard, and butter, mixing well. Bring to a boil, and cook 1 minute. Remove from the heat.
   
   
3. Coat the exposed potion of the ham with the remaining 1 cup sugar. Pour the hot cranberry juice mixture over the ham and bake, basting the ham with the pan juices at least twice, for 30 more minutes or until a thermometer inserted into the ham (but not touching bone or fat) registers 140°F. Transfer the ham to a cutting board or serving platter, and garnish as desired.
   
   Serves 10 to 14