Ham with vanilla and champagne glaze
Ham with vanilla and champagne glaze recipe in the pork category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1, 11 pound, smoked, fully cooked, bone in, ham
- 24 whole cloves
- Cooking spray
- 1 1/2 cups Champagne or sparkling wine, divided
- 1, 2 inch, piece vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- 1 cup apple jelly
Recipe method:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Trim fat and rind from ham.
- Score outside of ham in a diamond pattern. Stud with cloves.
- Place ham, bone end up, in a roasting pan coated with cooking spray.
- Pour 1 cup Champagne over ham.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes.
- Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into a small saucepan.
- Add bean and 1/2 cup Champagne to pan.
- Bring to a boil. Cook 2 minutes.
- Stir in jelly. Cook 3 minutes or until jelly dissolves, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat. Discard vanilla bean.
- Pour half of Champagne mixture over ham.
- Bake 30 minutes. Pour remaining Champagne mixture over ham.
- Bake an additional 30 minutes or until ham is thoroughly heated.
- Place ham on a platter. Cover loosely with foil. Let stand 15 minutes.
- Place a zip type plastic bag inside a 2 cup glass measuring cup or bowl.
- Pour drippings into bag. Let stand 10 minutes, fat will rise to the top.
- Seal bag. Carefully snip off 1 bottom corner of bag.
- Drain drippings into a bowl, stopping before fat layer reaches opening. Discard fat.
- Serve sauce with ham.
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