Country ham with brown sugar coating
Country ham with brown sugar coating recipe in the pork category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1, 10 to 12 pound, uncooked country ham
- 1, 64 ounces, bottle apple juice
- 2 teaspoons ground cloves
- 2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 1/2 tablespoons dry sherry, red wine, or cider vinegar
Recipe method:
- Place ham in a large container.
- Cover with water and let soak 24 hours.
- Drain. Scrub ham in warm water with a stiff brush.
- Rinse well. Place ham in a large cooking container.
- Insert meat thermometer, making sure it does not touch fat or bone.
- Add apple juice. Add enough hot water to cover ham.
- Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer 2 hours or until meat thermometer registers 142 degrees F.
- Let ham cool in drippings 3 hours. Remove from drippings.
- Cover and refrigerate ham at least 8 hours.
- Trim skin from ham. Place ham, fat side up, on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.
- Sprinkle fat with ground cloves.
- Combine brown sugar and sherry. Brush over ham.
- Bake at 425 degrees F for 10 to 15 minutes or until coating is golden and crusty.
- Slice thinly to serve.
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