Sunny's Apple-Bourbon Ham Glaze
- 1 cup apple cider
- 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1/2 cup bourbon
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- Teeny tiny pinch of ground cloves
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- One 7- to 10-pound precooked spiral ham
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
- To make the glaze, add the apple cider, brown sugar, bourbon, pumpkin pie spice and cloves to a large pot.
- Turn the heat to medium high and cook, while stirring, until the liquid reduces and becomes slightly thickened like a glaze, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Add the butter and stir to melt.
- Taste and season with salt and pepper.
- Lay out plenty of aluminum foil to wrap the ham in and create a bed for it.
- Place the ham in the center of the aluminum foil and pull the sides up around it, leaving the top exposed.
- Pour over half the glaze, getting it into the spirals.
- Finish tightly wrapping the ham and place it on a rack in a roasting pan.
- Fill the pan with water, but do not let it touch the bottom of the ham.
- Cook until the internal temperature reaches about 140 degrees F (gauge 15 to 20 minutes per pound).
- Remember, it is already cooked, so you just need to bring it to temperature without drying it out.
- Remove the ham and raise the oven temperature to 400 degrees F. Pull back the aluminum foil (watch out--it's steamy and hot!!).
- With a brush and the remaining glaze, slather the top of the ham, allowing the glaze to get into any creases of the spiral you see.
- Place back in the oven uncovered but still sitting in the foil and roasting pan, an additional 10 to 15 minutes.
- Remove and rest 10 minutes before serving.
apple cider, brown sugar, bourbon, pumpkin pie spice, ground cloves, unsalted butter, kosher salt, ham
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sunny-anderson/sunnys-apple-bourbon-ham-glaze.html (may not work)