Baked Country Ham
A simple, easy and delightful method of cooking a smoked country ham. The sweetness of honey and brown sugar are offset by sherry and Dijon mustard. Just great with Scalloped Potatoes.
Baked Country Ham
Author: Epicurus.com Kitchens
Recipe type: Ham or Gammon
Serves: 20
Ingredients
- 14 pounds uncooked smoked ham
- 1 Cup brown sugar
- 1/2 Cup dry Sherry
- 1/4 Cup honey
- 1/4 Cup Dijon mustard
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- Put ham, fatty-side up, in a foil-lined metal baking pan. Cover with foil and bake for 3 hours.
- Combine remaining ingredients. Remove ham from oven. Carefully trim away all but 1/8-inch of fat.
- Score with a sharp knife in a diamond pattern, making cuts 1/8-inch deep and one inch apart. Pour excess fat from pan. Line pan with new foil, and put ham in pan. Spoon glaze over ham and bake for 20 minutes.
- Raise oven temperature to 325 degrees, and glaze again. Bake an additional 20 minutes. Glaze once more and bake 15 minutes.
- Cool before carving into thin slivers.
