Glazed Country Ham

By Pooh

Ingredients

• 1 hickory-smoked country ham shank bone-
• in, fully cookrd, 16 to 18 pounds
• (preferably from Lancaster County.)
• 1 cup clover honey.
• 20 to 50 whole cloves.

Preparation

Step 1

1. Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Using a
pastry brush, brush honey onto the ham.
Insert cloves in the outside of the skin

2. Bake the ham until glazed golden-brown,
20 to 30 minutes.


NOTE

The directions above are for glazing a fully cooked ham that will be served warm, but basically at room temperature. To heat the ham through, wrap it in foil (to retain
moisture) and bake it at325 degrees for 12
minutes per pound (3 to 3 1/2 hours) or until a meat thermometer registers 130 degrees. Then set the oven to 375 degrees, baste the ham with honey, and roast until glazed, about 20 minutes more. Let the ham stand 10 minutes before slicing. This allows the meat juices to settle and the internal temperature to rise on residual heat to 140 degrees, as recommended by the USDA.