Glazed Holiday Ham
- 1 6- to 8-pound bone-in shank-half ham, or 15- to 17-pound bone-in whole ham, fully cooked
- 1 tablespoon whole cloves
- Sour-cherry thyme glaze (see recipe)
- or clementine peppercorn glaze (see recipe)
- Place rack in lower third of oven and preheat to 325 degrees.
- Trim tough rind from ham, leaving as much fat as possible.
- Place ham flat-side down and score the rounded side all over with diagonal cuts about 1 1/2 inches apart and 1/4-inch deep, forming a diamond pattern.
- In center of each diamond insert a single clove.
- Place ham in a roasting pan and bake until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest part reads 135 degrees, about 15 minutes a pound.
- One hour before ham is done, remove it from oven and brush all over with glaze.
- Return ham to oven and continue to bake, glazing ham once or twice more until ham is done.
- Remove ham from oven, tent with foil and let rest 10 minutes before carving.
ham, whole cloves, sourcherry thyme, peppercorn glaze
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1897 (may not work)