Ham Baked in Guinness w/ Spiced Peaches
Source of Recipe
Chef2Chef Newsletter 12/22/03
List of Ingredients
7-8 pound cooked bone-in ham
3/4 cups, plus an extra 2 tablespoons, Guinness Stout
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoons dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoons cardamom
Recipe
Peel skin off ham, leaving a portion around the bone. Place the ham, fat side
up, in a roasting pan and pour over the Guinness Stout. Bake in a 325 degree
oven for 2 hours, basting occasionally with stout.
Score the fat diagonally to form a diamond pattern. Mix sugar, mustard, ginger &
cardamom adding a few tablespoons stout to form a thick paste and spread over
ham. Increase oven to 400 degrees and bake for 15 minutes more.
Garnish with watercress and serve with spiced peaches (recipe follows).
Spiced Peaches
Ingredients:
3 14-ounce cans peach halves
1/2-teaspoon whole cloves
1/2-inch piece cinnamon stick
4 whole allspice
1/4-cup sugar
1/8-cup vinegar
1 oranges, sliced
Procedure:
Drain peaches and reserve 1/2 cup liquid syrup. Put the syrup, cloves, cinnamon,
allspice, sugar, vinegar and oranges into a saucepan.
Bring to a boil, add peaches and simmer for 5 minutes.
The flavor of the fruit improves if made a day in advance and stored in the
refrigerator.
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