Baked ham with spiced oranges
The key to this delicious ham is its glaze of maple syrup and orange juice. Make sure to ask your butcher whether the ham needs overnight soaking before cooking
- 50ml maple syrup
- 150g light muscovado sugar
- 4 oranges
- 3-4kg raw ham on the boneleaving a layer of fat)
- 12 whole cloves
Nutrition: per serving
- fat33.4g
- carbs37g
- fibre0.8g
- protein63.9g
- salt8.16g
Method
step 1
Put the syrup, sugar and the juice from 2 of the oranges in a pan. Slowly bring to the boil, then leave to cool.
step 2
Decorate the ham by scoring the fat with a knife to make large diamond shapes. Cut the 2 remaining oranges into slices and lay over the ham, pinning in place with the cloves.
step 3
Brush the ham all over with half the sugar mixture then put it on a trivet in a roasting tray. Pour 1 litre of water into the tray and cover with foil. Bake the ham for 2 hours 20 minutes, remove from the oven and take off the foil. Brush with the rest of the sugar mix. Cook for a further 40 minutes until well coloured.