Recipe - Ham Baked In Cider

10 pound Ham; Dinner Bell Boneless
Fully Cooked
One half cup Sliced onion
1 Bay Leaf; crumbled
4 cup Apple cider
One half cup Lightbrown sugar; packed
1 tablespoon Lemon juice
One fourth cup Sliced onion
Whole cloves
AppleCider Sauce; see
recipe

l. Preheat oven to 325°F.

2. Wipe ham with damp paper towels. Place in shallow roasting pan without
rack. Arrange One half cup onion slices on ham; sprinkle with bay leaf.

3. Insert meat thermometer in center of thickest part of ham, away from
bone. Pour 2 cups cider into pan. Cover pan tightly with foil.

4. Bake ham 2One half to 3 hours, or until meat thermometer registers 130°F.
Remove ham from oven; drain liquid.

5. Meanwhile, in medium saucepan, combine remaining 2 cups cider, the brown
sugar, lemon juice, and onion; bring to boiling, boil, uncovered, 5
minutes; strain.

6. Return ham to roasting pan. With sharp knife, make diagonal cuts in fat
(be careful not to cut into meat), One fourth inch deep and 1 inch apart. Stud the
center of each diamond shape with a whole clove.

7. Pour cider mixture over ham. Bake, uncovered and basting every 15
minutes, until meat thermometer reads 140°F about 40 minutes.

8. Remove ham to serving platter. Let stand 20 minutes before carving.

9. Serve with AppleCider Sauce.

Makes 20 servings.

Recipe by: The New McCall's Cookbook P381

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #871 by "Max H. Mitchell"
mmitchfay@worldnet.att.net on Oct 27, 1997