GRILLED MOLASSES AND RUM-GLAZED FRESH HAM

Steps:

• Brine ham: Bring all brining ingredients except ham to a boil in a deep 8- to 9-quart pot (such as a pasta pot), stirring occasionally until sugar and salt are dissolved.
• Remove from heat and add ham.
• (Brine should cover ham; if not, make more brine.) Cool mixture 30 minutes, then chill, covered, turning ham once or twice, at least 1 day and up to 2.
• Prepare grill for cooking using enough hardwood charcoal to fill a charcoal chimney or a shoe box.
• When coals are ready, push them to one side of grill, leaving about two thirds of grill without coals.
• Put a drip pan opposite coals.
• Make spice rub and cook ham: Finely grind all spice-rub ingredients together in an electric coffee/spice grinder.
• Drain ham and pat dry.
• Rub ground spices all over ham.
• Place ham on grill rack, fatty side up, over drip pan.
• Cover grill, leaving cover vents one fourth open and bottom vents fully open, and cook ham, adding a large handful of charcoal every 30 minutes.
• After 1 hour, turn ham around so other side faces coals and continue to cook until a meat thermometer inserted near but not touching bone registers 155°F, 1 to 2 hours more.
• Make glaze while ham is grilling: Heat glaze ingredients over moderate heat, stirring, until butter is melted.
• During last 30 minutes of grilling, brush ham with glaze several times, letting excess fall into drip pan.
• Serve ham: Transfer cooked ham to a platter and cover loosely with foil.
• Let ham stand 30 minutes to 1 hour before carving.
• Serve with pan drippings (skimmed of fat).
• Cooks' notes:.
• • Gas grill method: Preheat grill to moderately low.
• Place ham, fatty side up, in grill on a rack in a large broiler pan.
• Close lid, then roast about 3 hours.
• • Oven method: Roast ham, fatty side up, on a rack in a large roasting pan in a preheated 350°F oven, about 3 hours.