Ginger Glazed Ham

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3 kg ham
• 800 g apricots in syrup
• 75 g brown sugar
• 7 1/2 ml ground ginger
• 10 ml apricot jam, smooth
• 4 whole cloves
• reserved apricot syrup, from glaze
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 25 ml ground mixed spice
• 10 ml wine vinegar
• reserved apricot
• cherries

Recipe

• 1 score ham, insert cloves in squares and bake at 170c for 45 minutes basting with the glaze until crisp and golden brown.
• 2 glaze:.
• 3 drain syrup from apricots, measure out 125ml and reserve remainder.
• 4 place apricot syrup, sugar, ginger and jam in a small pan and melt over a low heat, stirring.
• 5 make reserved apricot syrup up to 250ml, with water if necessary.
• 6 heat syrup, spices and vinegar in a large shallow saucepan.
• 7 add apricots, hollows down and gently simmer for 5 minutes.
• 8 remove from heat and cool apricots in syrup.
• 9 place a cherry in each half and arrange around ham.