The finished product. You can see where I patched it up. |
Around 10kg ham
2 cups orange marmalade
1/2 cup cider vinegar
4 teaspoons dry English mustard
1 teaspoon ground cloves
Whole cloves
1 cup orange juice
Ham Glaze
3 tablespoons St Dalfour cherry jam
3 tablespoons brown sugar
Ham stock
Remaining basting mixture
Preheat oven to 250 degrees C.
Opps. I took too much fat off, but patched it up. |
Remove the skin completely, and reserve.
Trim excess fat, leaving at least 2 cm of fat all over.
Score the fat in diagonal patterns. Place a clove in the centre of
each diamond.
Combine marmalade, vinegar, mustard and cloves together, whisking
to combine.
Pour half a cup of water in the bottom of the pan. Place ham in baking dish. If the shank end hangs outside the
pan cover it with foil, making sure the juices from the shank will drain back
into the pan to keep the oven clean.
Spread some of the marmalade mixture over the ham ensuring the ham is fully surrounded with this mix, and place in the
oven.
Bake for 10 mins, remove and baste with marmalade mixture.
Continue to bake and baste until the ham is golden, 30-40 mins.
Remove from the oven and cool in the tin. Transfer to
a serving platter and place in the fridge. Cover with an old clean tea towel or
pillowslip. (You will need to replace this daily)
Ham skin simmering on stove |
To make Glaze Condiment
Combine ham stock, juices from the bottom of the pan you cooked the ham in, basting mixture, brown sugar and cherry jam.
Taste for seasoning and adjust to your taste. It may need more
sugar or jam. Or it may be too salty, in which case add a little water. You may
prefer to add extra cider vinegar or mustard. Or you may like to add a little orange juice. This is very much up to the cook.
I prefer to puree it with the stab blender but you could leave it chunky.
I prefer to puree it with the stab blender but you could leave it chunky.
Chill and serve with the ham.