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Peter Evans’ Baked Christmas Ham


Peter Evans’ Baked Christmas Ham

For something deliciously different this year, try this simple baked ham.

Ingredients

  • 1 large cold leg of ham
  • 500 g top shelf apricots jam
  • 7 star anise broken down in a mortar and pestle
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ cup or more brown sugar
  • 1½ cups dry sherry

Method

  1. Thin the apricot jam with a little sherry and heat until it becomes a sticky spread.
  2. Prepare ham by lifting off skin but leaving the fat. Diamond cut the fat and cut the skin off the bone.
  3. Mix the cinnamon with the star anise and rub into the fat.
  4. Spread two thirds of the apricot glaze over the ham (retain the rest for basting when cooking).
  5. Once ham is spread with the apricot glaze, press brown sugar over whole top of ham, making sure some sugar gets into diamond cuts.
  6. With the ham in the roasting dish, add three quarters of an inch of water and cook for one and a half hours on 200 C, basting with remaining glaze from time to time – careful not to burn.
  7. Serve with some chutneys, mustard, crusty bread, croissants, brioche etc.
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  • lukas
    7 months ago

    looks really nice

  • lukas
    7 months ago

    looks tasty

  • Melissa
    December 2010

    Tried Peter Evans' Baked Xmas Ham, BUT. What do you do with the 1 1/2 cups of Dry Sherry ???

  • poo poo
    June 2010

    this is cool

  • Julia
    December 2009

    Hams are not always cooked as I found out today. Ordered a "smoked" ham from butcher and got it today ready to cook for Xmas tomorrow. I have everything for the glaze, but how do I cook it in preparation for the glaze. Anyone got any good tips??? PS. I am living in Ireland - I know that in Oz I would have got one cooked if I ordered a smoked ham.

    • Ian Leckie
      December 2009

      If you have raw Ham you need to cook it by slow poaching it in a big pot. Cook it for 40 minutes per Kilo ( sorry you will need to convert to imperial ). I suggest adding some "flavours" like a rough dice of onion carrot and celery and a bouquet garni. Let dry then bake with favourite sugary topping. eg honey, brown sugar reduction, marmalade etc. You can add cloves or 5 spice etc to this. Just dont burn the sugar. All these sugar reductions do is make the fat sweet. ( Bad for you but nice. )

  • Rachel
    December 2009

    I would also like to know if you use leg of ham all ready to go at butchers or buy an uncooked one??

  • Jude Wainwright
    December 2009

    Jude I also used this recipe last year and will certainly be using it again this year, it was fantastic.

  • Dianne
    December 2009

    Just wondering how much dry sherry to use. Recipe states 1 1/2 cups, but says to thin jam with a little. What happens to the rest?

  • dawn
    December 2009

    i had the baked ham last year and it was fantanstic will be doing it again this year

  • Denise
    January 2009

    A very basic question. I've never baked a ham before. Do you actually use a leg of ham from the deli section, or do you use an uncooked leg [if so where do you get one].

    • Lozzastapes
      February 2009

      generally you would use a cooked one; however he suggests that you bake it for 1 ans 1/2 hrs, so a little unsure. If you use a cooked ham you would finish it off in the oven for about 20 mins. loz from uk

  • Jane
    December 2008

    First time I have even glazed/baked a ham. Absolute success and was 'best in show' at the christmas lunch we attended with friends and their family. Like first comment, was asked by one and all for the recipe. It looked and tasted sensational and was very very easy to prepare. Thanks

    • Jema Jean
      December 2009

      A ham is always cooked so you are simply adding flavour by doing a glaze and then baking it. And yes, it does take about 1 1/2 hours to develop the flavours.

  • Saffi
    December 2008

    The recipe states 1 1/2 cups of dry sherry but the directions only say to use a "little" to thin the jam. What are you supposed to do with the other 1 1/3 cups and when? Unfortunately I put a little more than than a little in and diluted the jam too much. In the end had to throw the apricot jam and substituted with some marmalade I found in the back of the fridge. Turned out alright in the end. Clearer directions would be helpful for next time (especially for the inexperienced)

  • Jane Ramsay
    December 2008

    It was a huge success at a recent party I held ... so much so that I've been asked to share it with others. Thanks, Jane

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