Spiced glazed ham

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Cooking time: More than 1 hour

Healthy options: Healthy; Egg free; Gluten free; Lactose free; Nut free

Serves: 10 or more

Type: Comfort food

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Photography: Alan Benson

By Suzanne Gibbs

Ingredients

1 x 4kg leg or picnic ham
½ cup (125ml) orange juice
¼ cup (60ml) dry sherry or whisky
1 cup (220g) brown sugar
2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons dry mustard powder
whole cloves, to garnish

Preparation method

Preheat oven to 180°C or 160°C fan. To remove skin from ham, make a cut around shank into skin only, about 10cm from knuckle. Loosen rind around edges by running a thumb underneath. Pull rind gently away from fat in one piece. Discard rind. Score fat in a diamond pattern, taking care not to cut into flesh.

Place ham in a baking pan. Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes. Remove foil. Increase oven to 200°C or 180°C fan.

Meanwhile, combine orange juice, sherry, brown sugar, ground ginger and mustard. Spread half of glaze mixture over ham, then stud each diamond of ham fat with a clove. Bake for another 30-40 minutes, basting approximately every 10 minutes with remaining glaze, until ham is a rich, shiny golden brown.

Serve ham hot or cooled to room temperature and start carving thin slices from opposite end to hock.

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