Apricot Baked Ham
Recipe: #400
October 10, 2011
Categories: Christmas, New Years, Sunday Dinner, Thanksgiving, Oven Roast, Gluten-Free, High Protein, No Eggs, Non-Dairy, more
"This is a wonderful flavored ham, for the best flavor you must baste frequently"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (249.6 g)
- Calories 423.3
- Total Fat - 19.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.2 g
- Cholesterol - 120.2 mg
- Sodium - 2911.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 21.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.5 g
- Sugars - 14.2 g
- Protein - 41.5 g
- Calcium - 21.7 mg
- Iron - 2.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Score the surface of the ham with shallow diamond shape cuts.
Step 2
In a bowl combine the apricot preserves, Dijon mustard and cloves, if using (start with 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard and add in more to taste) using a pastry brush spread all over the ham.
Step 3
Using you hands pat the brown sugar all over the apricot mixture.
Step 4
Place the ham onto a rack in a medium roasting pan.
Step 5
Fill the bottom of the pan with orange juice and water up to about 1-inch up the pan (using the same amount of each water and juice). Tent the ham loosely with foil.
Step 6
Bake at 325 degrees F for 20 minutes per pound or until a meat thermometor reads 140 degrees F basting very frequently.
Tips
No special items needed.