Spice Crusted Ham With Maple Mustard Sauce
- 1 (8 lb) fully cooked shank-end ham
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 12 teaspoons fine sea salt
- 1 tablespoon whole coriander seed
- 1 tablespoon mixed peppercorn (containing black, pink, white and green peppercorns, but not allspice)
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 12 cup Dijon mustard
- 14 cup pure maple syrup
- Preheat oven to 350*F.
- Remove any thick skin from ham and all but about 1/8th inch layer of fat.
- MInce and mash garlic with salt to a paste.
- Coarsely grind coriander and peppercorns in a coffee/spice grinder (or in a mortar and pestle) and stir together with flour, butter and garlic paste in a bowl.
- Spread paste all over ham, then put ham, cut side down, in a greased large roasting pan.
- Bake in middle of oven until crust is golden, about 1 1/4 hours.
- Transfer to a platter and let stand 15 minutes, before slicing and serving with sauce.
- For sauce, stir together mustard and maple syrup until combined well.
fully cooked shank, garlic, salt, mixed peppercorn, flour, unsalted butter, mustard, maple syrup
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/spice-crusted-ham-with-maple-mustard-sauce-102940 (may not work)