Baked ham with spiced oranges

Name: Baked ham with spiced oranges
Total time: 3 h 20 min
Yield: serves 8
Ingredients: maple syrup 50ml; light muscovado sugar 150g; oranges 4; raw ham on the bone 3-4kg, leaving a layer of fat); whole cloves 12

3 hours 20 minutes
serves 8
Easy

The key to this delicious ham is its glaze of maple syrup and orange juice. Make sure to ask your butcher whether the ham needs overnight soaking before cooking

March 25, 2015 at 3:07 pm

Ingredients

maple syrup 50ml
light muscovado sugar 150g
oranges 4
raw ham on the bone 3-4kg, leaving a layer of fat)
whole cloves 12

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.