Sunday, April 8, 2007

Traditional Holiday Ham

Lana also sent this recipe to add to the blog. Sorry I didn't get it up before Easter morning.

This is an easy to prepare main course that tastes great. It can easily take the place of roast turkey in a traditional holiday meal. But, it's so easy to prepared don't leave it for the holidays only! Serves between 12 and 15 people.

Ingredients:
5 pound GF nitrate free all natural boneless, pre-cooked ham
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup GF prepared yellow mustard
1 pinch ground cloves
8 rings of canned pineapple, if desired

Preheat oven to 350°F. Crosshatch cuts on the ham on all sides and then bake for 30 minutes in a roasting pan.

Mix brown sugar, mustard and cloves together to make a glaze. Let sit. Brush the glaze onto the ham generously after the ham has been roasting for 40 minutes. If desired, put the pineapple rings around the ham using toothpicks to hold in place.

Then, set the temperature to 325°F and roast for 1 more hour. Half way through, baste the ham again with the remaining glaze. After baking for 1 hour 30 minutes total, the ham is ready. Remove it from the oven and from the roasting pan and let it rest for 15 minutes or so. You may serve it with any leftover glaze, and/or with the glaze from the bottom of the pan.

Enjoy!