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Get ready for a feast. This ham recipe is good-looking, easy, and delicious.
Sweet-Hot Plum-Glazed Ham
MAKES 10 SERVINGS
PREP: 15 MIN.; Cook: 8 MIN.:
BAKE: 3 HR., 15 MIN.; STAND: 15 MIN.
1 cup plum preserves
½ cup orange juice
2 Tbsp. lime juice
1 Tbsp. yellow mustard
1 Tbsp. honey
2 tsp. minced fresh ginger
½ tsp. dried crushed red pepper
1 (7 –lb.) smoked fully cooked, bone-in ham
Garnishes: pineapple, kiwifruit, green onions, black sesame seeds
Stir together first 7 ingredients in a saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer, stirring constantly, 5 minutes or until preserves are melted and mixture is blended. Pour half of plum preserve mixture into a microwave-safe bowl.
Trim excess fat on ham to 1/8-inch thickness. If desired, make long, shallow cuts (about 1/16-inch deep) over entire ham, forming diamond patterns. Place ham on a wire rack in an aluminum foil-lined roasting pan. Brush ham with a portion of plum preserve mixture in saucepan.
Bake ham, uncovered, at 350 degrees on lower oven rack 1 hour and 30 minutes, basting with remaining plum preserve mixture in saucepan every 30 minutes. Loosely cover with alumnimum foil, and bake 1 hour and 45 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest portion registers 140 degrees, basting every 30 minutes. Let ham stand 15 minutes before slicing. Garnish, if desired.
Microwave plum preserve mixture in bowl at HIGH 1 minute or until thoroughly heated. Serve ham with warm mixture.
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