Baked Ham Glazed with Honey, Orange and Ginger
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Ingredients
- 3 kg (4lb) smoked middle cut gammon
- 1 onion stuck with 3 cloves
- 1 bay leaf
- 6 peppercorns
- 300ml ( pint) dry white wine
- 40g (1 oz) dark brown sugar
- 100ml (4 fl oz) orange juice
- 15ml (1tbsp) clear honey
- 2.5ml ( tsp) ground ginger
- 15ml (1tbsp) Dijon mustard
- whole cloves orange slices and curly endives to garnish
Accompaniment
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Description
A good way to cook ham, as it absorbs the flavour of the glaze, and remains succulent and tender
Method
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1. Soak the ham in sufficient cold water to cover for 3 hrs, then discard the water.
2. Place the ham, onion stuck witn cloves, bay leaf, peppercorns and 225ml(8fl oz) of the white wine in a saucepan. Add sufficient cold water to cover. Bring to the boil, cover the pan and boil gently for 1hr.
3. Meanwhile, make the glaze.Place the brown sugar,30ml(2tbsp) of the orange juice, honey, ginger and mustard in a bowl and mix well.
4. Drain the ham. Remove the skin from the ham, score the fat into a diamond pattern, and stud with cloves. Place the ham in a baking pan and pour the remaining wine and orange juice into the pan.
5. Cover the ham with one-third of the glaze. Bake at 200C (500F) mark 6 for 45mins. Baste the ham with the pan juices and glaze 3-4 times during the cooking.
6. Discard the pan juices and serve hot or cold. Garnish with orange slices and curly endive.
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