WHISKEY-GLAZED HAM

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Juicy whiskey-glazed ham.

Provided by Brian Genest

Categories Main Dish Recipes Pork Ham Whole

Time 2h30m

Yield 20

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 (5 pound) hickory smoked ham
40 whole cloves
2 cups Irish whiskey (such as Jameson®)
½ cup butter
½ cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons honey

Steps:

Cut crosswise slashes vertically and horizontally on ham, cutting through fat but not into the meat. Implant whole cloves where slashes intersect as deep as you can.
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Line a large, heavy baking sheet with aluminum foil.
Heat a saucepan over medium heat and add whiskey. Cook until reduced by 1/3 to boil out some of the alcohol taste, 15 to 20 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low and add butter; stir until melted, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in brown sugar and honey until mixture has a sauce-like consistency, 10 to 15 minutes more.
Baste ham with glaze and place onto the prepared pan. Cover entire pan with more foil.
Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour, basting every 15 minutes with glaze and fat drippings from the pan and recovering with foil afterwards. Remove foil and continue baking until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the ham reads at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C), about 30 minutes more, basting twice during this period.
Remove ham from the oven and tent foil to let juices settle back into meat, about 10 minutes. Reserve pan drippings. Trim off fat and skin and slice; set on a serving tray. Serve with pan juices.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 410.1 calories, Carbohydrate 8.4 g, Cholesterol 75.8 mg, Fat 25.7 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 21.2 g, SaturatedFat 10.4 g, Sodium 1497 mg, Sugar 7.1 g