Braze And Glaze Ham

Total Time: 4 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 fully cooked smoked ham, water added,in brine (shank portion preferred, butt portion acceptable.)
• 4 cans sprite
• 2 oranges, juiced
• 1 lb dark brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons honey (more or less)
• 1/4 cup jam or 1/4 cup jelly, any flavor

Recipe

• preheat oven to 250 degrees, place a round rack in the bottom of a large, non reactive, dutch oven.
• remove ham from package, rinse under cold water and place it face down on rack, pour sprite over ham, it should come about 1/3rd to ½ way up the side of the ham.
• bring to a full boil.
• cover pan and ham tightly with heavy duty aluminum foil.
• this is a tent and should not touch the ham.
• place in oven and bake for 3 or 4 hours.
• remove from oven, uncover and place ham face down on a large plate and remove rack.
• raise the oven temperature to 375 degrees.
• put the dutch oven over a medium/high heat and bring to a full rolling boil.
• juice the oranges and add to the pan.
• allow mixture to reduce to about 1/3rd of it’s original volume (maybe 20 minutes).
• reduce heat to a simmer and add ½ the sugar, the honey and the jam.
• whisk until well combined and continue to reduce until about the consistency of maple syrup.
• this is your glaze.
• remove it from the pan, rinse the pan with hot water, replace rack in bottom of pan.
• while glaze is reducing remove skin and fat from ham and cut diamond pattern in the meat.
• coat the ham with a generous layer of the glaze and remaining brown sugar.
• place back on rack and bake in the 375 degree oven until brown sugar is melted and glaze shines.
• about 30-45 minutes.
• remove from rack and place on a serving plate.
• let it sit for 15 minutes before carving.