Old Fashioned Glazed Ham
- 3/4 cup Dijon mustard
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar, plus more for sprinkling
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme leaves
- 1 (14-pound) cooked and smoked cured ham, shank end
- 3/4 cup pineapple juice
- 20 canned pineapple rings
- 1/2 cup maraschino cherries
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Put oven rack in the middle of the oven.
- In a small bowl, mix together the Dijon mustard, brown sugar, and thyme.
- Put the ham in a large roasting pan, fat side up.
- Rub the ham with mustard glaze.
- Pour the pineapple juice into the bottom of the pan.
- Put the ham in the oven and bake for 2 hours, brushing every 20 minutes with the pineapple juice.
- Remove the ham from the oven.
- Turn oven to 400 degrees F.
- Using toothpicks, decoratively adhere the pineapple rings around the ham and put a cherry in the center of the pineapple ring.
- Sprinkle the pineapple rings lightly with brown sugar.
- Return to the oven, uncovered, and bake until the pineapples turn a light golden brown.
- Remove from the oven to a serving platter and let rest for 15 minutes before slicing.
mustard, light brown sugar, thyme, cured ham, pineapple juice, pineapple, maraschino cherries
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/patrick-and-gina-neely/old-fashioned-glazed-ham-recipe.html (may not work)