1 x 4.5kg / 9 lb leg cooked ham on the bone
Preheat the oven to 180C / 355F. With a small sharp knife cut around the top of the ham bone and then gently peel the skin from the ham using your fingers to loosen the skin.
Keep a thick layer of fat on the ham - discard skin and score the fat in a diamond pattern.
Brush the ham with glaze and bake for about 30 minutes, basting once or twice.
The ham should be beautiful and golden. Leave it to cool before slicing.
Serves about 10
Or if cooking the ham from scratch, follow the producer's directions, but add the glaze for the last 30 minutes, covering with foil.
Glazes
Who says you can only have cranberry sauce with turkey?
Cranberry glaze
1 cup cranberry sauce
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
1/4 cup soft hrown suqar
Mix together and heat gently over low heat.
Soy & citrus glaze
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup mirin
1/2 cup soft brown sugar
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
2 star anise
Mix together the soy, mirin, brown sugar, orange juice and star anise in a small
saucepan and heat gently until sugar dissolves.
Zesty glazed ham with mango salsa
1 orange zest and juice
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/2 cup brown sugar sea salt
freshly ground Black pepper
Clove
Stir to combine. Spread over ham as above.
Mango Salsa
Combine - Serve with glazed ham
3 small ripe mangos diced
1 small red onion finely diced1 finely chopped red chillisea salt & freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons olive oil
A glistening glazed ham is the centrepiece of a Christmas feast
whether you serve your leg ham hot or cold.
1 x 4.5kg / 9 lb leg cooked ham on the bone
Preheat the oven to 180C / 355F. With a small sharp knife cut around the top of the ham bone and then gently peel the skin from the ham using your fingers to loosen the skin.
Keep a thick layer of fat on the ham - discard skin and score the fat in a diamond pattern.
Brush the ham with glaze and bake for about 30 minutes, basting once or twice.
The ham should be beautiful and golden. Leave it to cool before slicing.
Serves about 10
Or if cooking the ham from scratch, follow the producer's directions, but add the glaze for the last 30 minutes, covering with foil.
Glazes
Who says you can only have cranberry sauce with turkey?
Cranberry glaze
1 cup cranberry sauce
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
1/4 cup soft hrown suqar
Mix together and heat gently over low heat.
Soy & citrus glaze
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup mirin
1/2 cup soft brown sugar
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
2 star anise
Mix together the soy, mirin, brown sugar, orange juice and star anise in a small
saucepan and heat gently until sugar dissolves.
Zesty glazed ham with mango salsa
1 orange zest and juice
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/2 cup brown sugar sea salt
freshly ground Black pepper
Clove
Stir to combine. Spread over ham as above.
Mango Salsa
Combine - Serve with glazed ham
3 small ripe mangos diced
1 small red onion finely diced1 finely chopped red chillisea salt & freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons olive oil
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