Things You'll Need:
- 1 Whole Boneless Ham
- 1 Small Bottle of Maraschino Cherries
- Toothpicks
- Gound Cloves
- 1 15oz. Can of Pineapple Slices
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Step 1
Unwrap your ham and put it in a nice big and deep baking pan. Put rings of pineapple on it and add 1 cherry in the middle of all rings. Insert toothpicks into each cherry, to hold all fruit arrangements in place. Put remaining rings of pineapple into the bottom of your pan, also add some more cherries. Now pour pineapple juice over the ham, adding cherry juice. Add about 2 cups of water into the pan, sprinkle with ground cloves. then cover the ham.
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Step 2
Bake the Easter ham at 325 degrees for about 3 hours. Basting every 1/2 hour or so. After 1-1/2 hours slice some of the ham, about half of it. Put the ham back into the pan and recover.
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Step 3
One half hour before you ham is done, pour the juice into a medium sized pot to make your gravy, heat thoughly. In a small bowl, whisk together 1/3 cup of water and 3 tbls. of cornstarch. Add slowly to your ham juices in the pan, whisking the whole time. Only add what you need of the thickener.
I have included for your convenience, more great ham recipe resources, in the link below, here is one of my favorite books.
The Country Ham Book (Paperback)
by Jeanne Voltz (Author), Elaine J. Harvell (Author)
Comments
VirtualWorker said
on 5/4/2009 Sounds tasty! Great read.VirtualWorker
gntlben said
on 4/23/2009 Great article. Five stars.
leestreetsigns said
on 4/21/2009 Now I want ham and I'm stuck at work! Ha! 5*
lynsuz12 said
on 4/19/2009 Yes, very good recipe for baking ham and gravy. Will surely try. Thanks 5*
sneedc said
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