Christmas Maple honey mustard glazed ham

Christmas Maple honey mustard glazed ham

Christmas Maple honey mustard glazed ham

Let this honey-glazed ham decorated with aromatic herbs double as your Christmas table centrepiece before carving thick slices.

Ingredients of Christmas Maple honey mustard glazed ham

100g (1/2 cup, firmly packed) brown sugar

80ml (1/3 cup) maple syrup

80ml (1/3 cup) honey

1 tbs Dijon mustard

1 (about 8kg) whole leg ham, on the bone

Whole cloves, to stud

description of Christmas Maple honey mustard glazed ham

Stir the sugar, maple syrup, honey and mustard in a bowl until the sugar dissolves.

Preheat oven to 170ºC. Line a large baking dish with 2 layers of non-stick baking paper. Place an oven shelf in the lowest position. Remove all other shelves. Use a sharp knife to cut around the shank of the ham, about 10cm from the end. Run a knife under the rind around edge of ham. Gently lift the rind off in 1 piece by running your fingers between the rind and the fat. Score the fat in a diamond pattern, about 5mm deep. Stud the centres of the diamonds with cloves. Transfer to prepared dish.

Brush one-third of the glaze over the ham. Bake, brushing with glaze every 25 minutes, for 1 hour 30 minutes.

Notes and Tips for Christmas Maple honey mustard glazed ham

Swap it: For a different flavour, make a cranberry & orange glaze. Stir 2 x 275g jars Woolworths Select Cranberry Sauce, 125ml (1/2 cup) fresh orange juice and 125ml (1/2 cup) port in a saucepan over low heat until combined. Strain through a fine sieve into a jug. Brush over the ham in step 3.

Christmas Maple honey mustard glazed ham

Preparation Time 15 minutes/Cooking Time 95 minutes

serves 25