Baked ham with spiced oranges
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 8
Ingredients
- 50ml maple syrup
- 150g light muscovado sugar
- 4 oranges
- 3-4kg raw ham on the bone, leaving a layer of fat)
- 12 whole cloves
Method
- STEP 1
Put the syrup, sugar and the juice from 2 of the oranges in a pan. Slowly bring to the boil, then leave to cool.
- STEP 2
Decorate the ham by scoring the fat with a knife to make large diamond shapes. Cut the 2 remaining oranges into slices and lay over the ham, pinning in place with the cloves.
- STEP 3
Brush the ham all over with half the sugar mixture then put it on a trivet in a roasting tray. Pour 1 litre of water into the tray and cover with foil. Bake the ham for 2 hours 20 minutes, remove from the oven and take off the foil. Brush with the rest of the sugar mix. Cook for a further 40 minutes until well coloured.
