Baked Ham With Orange-Honey Glaze
(from teacherrap’s recipe box)
Source: Southern Living (from RecipeThing user saymyname)
Serves 20 peopleIngredients
- 1 (6 ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
- 1 3/4 cups water
- 1/2 cup honey
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- cinnamon
- 1 (7 -9 lb) smoked fully cooked whole boneless ham
- 1 whole clove
- 2 oranges, peeled and sectioned
Directions
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In a saucepan, combine the first 3 ingredients.
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Remove 1/4 cup of mixture and combine with cornstarch, stirring until mixture is smooth.
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Add the cornstarch mixture to the orange juice mixture in the saucepan; stir until smooth.
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Add in the dry mustard and next 3 ingredients; stir to combine.
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Cook over medium heat, stirring continually, until the mixture comes to a boil; cook for 1 minute.
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Remove the cinnamon stick and take the pan off the stove burner and set aside.
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Score the fat on the ham in a diamond pattern; stud with whole cloves.
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Place ham, fat side up, on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.
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Insert meat thermometer; make sure it does not touch fat.
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Bake, uncovered, in a 325 degree oven for 2 hours or until meat thermometer reads 140°.
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After the first hour of baking, baste the ham every 15 minutes with orange-honey sauce. Heat the remaining sauce; add orange sections; serve with ham.