Baked Ham With Glazed Apricots

By á-595

Easter Ham

Ingredients

• 1 ready to eat Ham with bone 12 to 16 pounds
• whole cloves, to cover ham
• 1/4 cup Dijon mustard
• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 3 cups apple juice
• 1 pound dried apricots
• 1 cup Madeira wine

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Peel skin from ham and trim fat leaving about 1/4 inch to protect meat. Score fat in a diamond pattern.

Set ham in a shallow pan, insert a clove in all cross points of the diamonds. Sprinkle top with brown sugar and pour apple juice into the bottom of the pan.

Bake ham for 1 1/2 hours, basting frequently.

At 30 minutes from the end of baking time, add apricotsand their liquid to the roasting pan and continue to bake and baste ham.

Transfer ham to large platter. Decorate top of ham with apricots, attaching them with toothpicks. Skim fat from pan juices and pour into a sauceboat. Accompany ham with mustards, chutneys, and pan juices.